Monument record MDO31244 - Undated strip lynchets, Lutton, Steeple

A series of parallel lynchets are visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs to the south of Lutton, Steeple. The features may be medieval strip lynchets although a geological origin cannot be ruled out.

A series of parallel lynchets are visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs to the south of Lutton, Steeple. The features may be medieval strip lynchets although a geological origin cannot be ruled out(1-3). They are still visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on the latest Google Earth imagery and were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 18-JAN-1962, RAF 58/4878 (F21) 0069-70 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13618.

<2> Dorset County Council, 1997, Dorset CC Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13619.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4234-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13471.

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Jul 4 2024 1:35PM