Monument record MDO39026 - Possible medieval strip lynchets , Stoke Knapp Farm, Stoke Abbott

A series of curvilinear earthworks to the southwest of Stoke Knapp Farm, Stoke Abbott, are visible on aerial photographs of the 1970s. These may represent medieval strip lynchets, although a natural or agricultural origin is also possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A series of curvilinear earthworks to the southwest of Stoke Knapp Farm, Stoke Abbott, are visible on aerial photographs of the 1970s (1). These appear to be cut by a post medieval trackway (MDO39025) and may represent medieval strip lynchets, although a natural or agricultural origin is also possible. The earthworks are still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (2). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1971, RAF/39/3826 V 0135-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14856.

<2> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

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Jul 26 2019 1:35PM