Monument record MDO3450 - Medieval strip lynchets, Wraxall

The remains of a medieval strip field system is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs in the field to the west of Holy Trinity Church. It was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

[Centred at ST 57320080].
Two grass covered fields with Md. strip lynchets. In the N.E. field the lynchets are set in a NE-SW direction, regularly spaced and parallel, and average 1.3 m. high. The lynchets are cut by a deep track leading from the farm nearby. In the S.W. field there are two strip lynchets, averaging 0.5 m. high, set in a NW-SE direction. (1)

No change. (2)

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 25-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 04-SEP-1986, NMR OS/86227 V 1016-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16589.

<3> McOmish, D S, Various, Field Investigators Comments DSM, F2 DSM 17-FEB-87 (Unpublished document). SDO16333.

<4> Pan Government Agreement, 06-JUN-2017, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (Aerial Photograph). SDO16588.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 195833 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 12 2022 10:44AM