Monument record MDO1467 - Medieval strip lynchets on Loders, Loders

A series of parallel medieval strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and aerial photographs on the east facing slopes of Loders Hill, Loders. The features were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP project.

A. Centred at [SY 49609335] B. Centred at [SY 49879365] Area A. Pronounced parallel strip lynchets on steep hillsides and forming several series. Partly under grass & partly under the plough.
Area B. Approximately parallel strip lynchets which are partly portrayed on OS plans. The lynchets are pronounced. Some are under grass an<2>

"Lynchets on the S.W. slope of STONY HEAD, extend for about 200 yards, with terraces from 12 to 30ft. Wide. There are two other terraces further down the slope. [All in Area A]. (3)

A: Centred at SY 49429290; B: Centred at SY 49589317. A: As described in T.1; the slopes of the hill are grass
covered. The drop between terraces is from 2.0m to 3.0m. B: An area of similarly pronounced Md. Strip lynchets around the S. and W. sides of a low hill. The lynchets are grass covered. Both series are visible at AP CPE/UK/2431/3160-1 <3>

A series of parallel medieval strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and aerial photographs on the east facing slopes of Loders Hill, Loders. The lynchets run roughly north-south for 490m and were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP project <4-5>.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 140 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(20) LYNCHETS, on the W. slope of Knowl Hill. About 300 yards S.W. of (18 e), seem to have covered two fields but have been much ploughed out or denuded. The width of the terraces varies from 12 to 30 ft.’

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 02-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 06-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, st4993ne_dtm_50cm.asc and st4993se_dtm_50cm.asc (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<5> National Monuments Record, 13-SEP-2007, NMR 24725/09-10 (SY4993/17-8) (Aerial Photograph). SDO14125.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450099 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 19 2022 11:21AM