Monument record MDO157 - Medieval strip lynchets in Edmund Coombe Coppice, Beaminster

An extensive series of medieval strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery to the south of Beaminster. They run southwards towards Parnham House and cover an area of approximately 40 hectares in the vicinity of Edmund Coombe Coppice. The features were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Lynchets occur on an east and south slope outside Edmund Coombe Coppice 1/4 mile SW of Beaminster church. The south terraces average 10 yards in width. <1>

Fairly pronounced and approximately parallel Medieval strip lynchets, centred at ST 475008. They are in several series, grass covered and rather scrappy. <2>

Two other lynchets with rivers of 2-3 feet have been rated on the opposite side of the valley. <3>

An extensive series of medieval strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the south of Beaminster <4-5>. They run southwards towards Parnham House and cover an area of approximately 40 hectares in the vicinity of Edmund Coombe Coppice. The features were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 27 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(62) LYNCHETS are on an E. and S. slope outside Edmund Coombe Coppice ¼ m. S.W. of the church. The S. terraces average 10 yards in width.'

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 13-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (Beaminster file) (Unpublished document). SDO18718.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1947, RAF RAF/39/3826 0017-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14509.

<5> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, st4700_dtm_1m.asc (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 193027 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 14 2022 3:22PM