Monument record MDO1526 - Medieval strip lynchets, Litton Cheney

Medieval field system comprising strip lynchets and terraces surviving as earthworks. Centred at SY 55619110 the terraces run in a north-south direction, with another set at right angles in an east-west direction in the northern half of the area. The terraces average 7metres in width and 2 metres in height. At SY 5588 9111 is a series of north-south terraces, from 0.5 metres to 3.5 metres in height, but of varying widths.

Field Systems[STRIP LYNCHETS]:- Taken from Air photos in Jany-March 1949. By R.J.C Atkinson. <1>

Strip lynchets: eight well preserved terraces on an E. slope, with a further six terraces at right angles to them.
In LONG BREDY parish some lynchets form an angle with the contours, with terraces 7 to 15 yards wide. <2>

Two areas of pronounced strip lynchets and terraces, both grass covered.

A: the terraces, run in a N-S. direction, with other set at right angles in an E-W direction in the N. half of the area. The terraces average 7.0m. Wide and 2.0m. High. (Centred at SY 55619110. JWS)

B. A series of N-S. terraces, from 0.5m to 3.5m. High, but of varying widths. Parts of these field systems are visible on A.P. CPE/UK/2431/3150-51 (Centred at SY 5588 9111. JWS). <3>

Medieval field system comprising medieval lynchets and terraces, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <4-5>.

<1> Atkinson, R J C, 1949, spec 6 inch (RJCA 1.3.49) (Map). SWX1583.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 43 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(19) LYNCHETS, on the W. side of the parish over ¾m. W.N.W. of the church, form an angle with the contours. The terraces are from 7 to 15 yards wide'.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 29-APR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> 06-OCT-2000, NMR SY5590/5-6 (18962/18-19) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11103.

<5> 02-APR-1969, NMR OS/69053 010-11 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11102.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451027 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 4 2023 10:48AM