Monument record MDO1805 - Field system, Oborne

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Summary

The remains of a possible ploughed down strip lynchet.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Possible ploughed down strip lynchets at ST 654181 visible on air photographs. <1>

One contour lynchet, up to 1.0m in height extends for 210.0m across two fields on a west-facing pasture slope. It is crossed by three field banks, 4.0 to 6.0m in width, 0.6m in height and about 20.0m apart. The features are centred at ST 65431804. <2>


<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, RCHM Ms File (unpublished revision of Dorset 1), 24 9 76 (Unpublished document). SDO17382.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 3147-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18021.

<2> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F1 ASP 24-NOV-77 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 199337 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. RCHM Ms File (unpublished revision of Dorset 1). 24 9 76.
  • <1.1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11 APR 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 3147-8.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Phillips, A S. Various. Field Investigators Comments ASP. F1 ASP 24-NOV-77.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision.
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 199337.

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Location

Grid reference ST 6543 1804 (point)
Map sheet ST61NE
Civil Parish Oborne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 083 011
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 61 NE 19
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 199337

Record last edited

May 26 2022 4:32PM

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