Monument record MDO1935 - Medieval cultivation remains, Plush, Piddletrenthide

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Summary

Strip lynchets and ridge and furrow, part of the former open field system around Plush. This area is known to have been enclosed by 1770.

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Full Description

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 219 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(40) Cultivation Remains. Each of the three former tithings of Piddletrenthide had its own open-field system; they were finally enclosed in 1817 (Map and Award, D.C.R.O.). … The open fields of Plush were finally enclosed in 1825 (Map and Award, D.C.R.O.). … To the S. of Plush (714014, 713015, 713018), slight remains of strip lynchets together with ridge-and-furrow occur in an area that was already enclosed in 1770 (I. Taylor, Map of Plush, B.M. Maps, 2159 (37)).’

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 219.

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Location

Grid reference ST 714 015 (point)
Map sheet ST70SW
Civil Parish Piddletrenthide; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 088 040 L
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 70 SW 24
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Piddletrenthide 40

Record last edited

Aug 11 2017 4:32PM

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