Monument record MDO29643 - Medieval cultivation marks, Burton Bradstock

Medieval cultivation marks to the east of Beach Road, Burton Bradstock. Parallel ridging is visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and lidar taken in 2009.

[Centred at SY 495889] Lynchets about 270 yds NE of BIND BARROW consist of two terraces, on the N slope of the hill. They are about 14 yds wide and 3ft high. <1>

In a small, grass covered area, are four strip lynchets set in an E-W direction. They are parallel and strongly defined at the E side where they approach the modern field boundary. Here they average 1.5m high but become less strong as they run to the W. They appear to be of Md. type. <2>

The system extends beyond Beach Road, where 6 strip lynchets alignedNorth-South, 160-250 yards long, now 2-3 feet high and 20 feet
across,occur below Bind Barrow. <3>

Medieval cultivation marks to the east of Beach Road, Burton Bradstock. Parallel ridging is visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and lidar taken in 2009. <5-6>. The features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 21-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 23-APR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (Burton Bradstock file) (Unpublished document). SWX1279.

<4> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

<5> Royal Air Force, 07-JUN-1942, RAF AC53 4-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13023.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 449859 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Dec 28 2022 3:51PM