Monument record MDO2456 - Lynchets, South Perrott

Lynchets on a SE slope, 750 yards NW of the church, consist of three terraces extending for some 200 yards. <1>

Lynchets as described above, centred at ST 46930730. They are of medieval type, grass covered and pronounced. <2>

Pronounced contour lynchets visible on air photographs from ST 470220745 to ST 46720710. They may have originally extended to Lecher Bridge, ST 46650690. <3>

Strip lynchets immediately North of South Perrott Villag, at ST 471071. and on either side of the R> Parrett. East of the river is a flight of 4 small lynchets 100 yards long with 15 feet treads, while West of the river are 4 lynchets 270 yards long wiht 10 yard treads. (1)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 178 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(27) LYNCHETS, on a S.E. slope, 750 yards N.W. of the church, consist of three terraces extending for some 200 yards'.

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 23-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 4067-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17569.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (South Perrott file) (Unpublished document). SDO18779.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 883247 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 192869 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 14 2022 9:49AM