Monument record MDO38674 - Medieval strip lynchets, Park Water Cottages, Burstock, Broadwindsor

A series of banked strip lynchets to the northeast of Park Water Cottages are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The long linear banks run closely parallel along a gentle north facing slope, slightly across the contours, and are potentially medieval in origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A series of banked strip lynchets to the northeast of Park Water Cottages are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1). The long linear banks run closely parallel along a gentle north facing slope, slightly across the contours, and are potentially medieval in origin.

An Historic England Monument Record of the site (NMR ST40SW33; Hob UID 883379) documents 'slight earthworks of strip lynchets present on the west boundary of Burstock Parish. One of the earthworks is well-preserved and extends for a distance of 220 yards'.

An aerial photograph of 1947 (1) suggests that the strip lynchets may continue west beyond the parish boundary into Broadwindsor Parish and north under a historic field boundary shown on the OS 1st Edition historic mapping (2). Some of the banks are now under residential development, others are still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2410-11 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14770.

<3> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

<4> RCHM Unpublished Revision Dorset 1 - West Undated, Unpublished revision RCHM Dorset I: West. Undated (Burstock Parish) (Unpublished document). SWX1659.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 883379 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 29 2022 1:18PM