Monument record MDO1927 - Medieval strip lynchets, Piddletrenthide

Earthworks of a medieval field system with strip lynchets surviving from 0.5 metres to 2 metres in height. In the west of the area they run in a northwest to southeast direction, and elsewhere parallel to the present field boundaries in a northeast to southwest direction. The system of strip lynchets is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

Centred SY 700998. A series of Medieval strip lynchets, now grass-covered, from 0.5m to 2.0m high. In the west of the area they run in a north-west to south-east direction, and elsewhere parallel to the present field boundaries in a north-east to south-west direction. <1>

On the south side of Rogers Bottom (SY 700999) are the fragmentary remains of at least ten flat strips, 25 yds to 40 yds wide, bounded by low banks 1 1/2 ft high. <2>

The strip lynchets in the two fields centred at SY 701998, remain as described above, in good condition. <3>

The system of strip lynchets is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project. <5>

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 11-FEB-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 2370-71 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19973.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 219 (Monograph). SDO136.

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 01-OCT-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454785 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

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Oct 20 2024 7:17PM