Monument record MDO4067 - Lynchets on Preston Hill, Iwerne Minster

Strip lynchets on the north side of Preston Hill, probably associated with the medieval settlement of Preston. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

ST 868136 Medieval strip lynchets on the north side of Preston Hill. <1-3>

A single strip lynchet, 8.0 m broad and 2.0 m high, extends for circa 350 m on the north side of Preston Hill, and is in good condition. Detail depicted on 25" <4.1> (see AM ST 8613). Other "Lynchets" appear to be natural scarps.

Detail delineated on Record 6" [sic]. <4>

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-Apr-1953, F22/58/1090 67-68 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18619.

<2> Royal Air Force, 07-Jan-1954, RAF F22 58 1332 29-30 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18561.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 40 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(14) CULTIVATION REMAINS. The last fragments of the former open fields of Iwerne Minster, then divided into two fields known as Town and Poly Fields, were enclosed in 1848 (Enclosure Map and Award, D.C.R.O.); they lay respectively N.E., and S. of the village. The strip lynchets on both sides of Brookman's Valley (around 876142) lay within old enclosures. Strip lynchets on the N. side of Preston Hill (868136) are the remains of cultivation associated with the mediaeval settlement of Preston'.

<4> Chaplin, C P, Field Investigators Comments CPC, F1 CC 12-JAN-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17976.

<4.1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map, 1900 (Map). SDO18020.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206173 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 29 2022 11:23AM