Monument record MDO29226 - Medieval strip field system, Westhill Wood, Corfe Castle

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Parallel banked and ditched lynchets, probably fragments of a medieval strip field system, visible as earthworks on lidar to the south of on Westhill Wood.

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Parallel banked and ditched lynchets, probably fragments of a medieval strip field system, visible as earthworks on lidar to the south of on Westhill Wood (1-2). The site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).


<1> Channel Coastal Observatory, 23-MAR-2008, Lidar (Photograph). SDO12878.

<2> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

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  • <1> Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 23-MAR-2008. Lidar.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 25-FEB-2009. Lidar.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9526 7751 (248m by 307m) (16 map features)
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 19 2013 3:34PM

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