Monument record MDO1746 - Lynchets in Home Copse, Nether Compton

Home Copse and Munden's Copse (ST 60201665) were covered in impenetrable vegetation but strong Medieval type lynchets were
observed from footpaths. Visible on air photographs. <2>

In Munden's Copse there is a flight of 5 strip lynchets facing north, 600 ft to 800 ft long with treads 40 ft to 50 ft wide. <3>

The Medieval type strip lynchets remain as described. <4>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 102 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(16), LYNCHETS, in Home Copse 600 yards S. of the Church'

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 06-JUL-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2.1> Royal Air Force, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 2139 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17483.

<2.2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 2140-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17481.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, RCHM Ms File (unpublished revision of Dorset 1), No 16 24.9.76 (Unpublished document). SDO17382.

<4> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F2 GB 19-AUG-77 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 199416 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 27 2022 4:48PM