Monument record MDO25791 - Strip fields near Lower Rew Farm, Winterborne St Martin

SY 63938917. Parallel Medieval strip lynchets under pasture are numerous but fairly weak. (1)

SY 639891. Strip lynchets, very disturbed, cover an area of about 16 acres. The best preserved strips run up and down a
7o slope but are cut by modern ploughing. Surviving treads vary from 9 yds to 37 yds in width. (2,3)

The strip lynchets, centred at SY 639892, cover an area of approximately 8.0 ha., and remain as described by R.C.H.M. (2),
none exceeds 1.0m. in height. Area outlined on 1:10560 Record Sheet. (4)

A well preserved medieval stip field system visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs {5-8} and LIDAR {9}. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 01-FEB-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 384 (Monograph). SDO149.

<3> Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2475 3072-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19764.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 11-APR-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4275-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11888.

<6> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4277-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11870.

<7> Royal Air Force, 17-1-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3091-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11887.

<8> 30-5-1962, MAL 62525 100045-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12001.

<9> 24-1-2008, LIDAR D0089655 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11876.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452459 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 24 2023 11:29AM