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. (RAF F22/58/1090 67-68; RAF F22 58 1332 29-30; RCHME 1972)

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]. (Chaplin 1978)

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

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1 to 25 inch scale map, Dorset XIV.6 Revised: 1900, Published: 1901 (Map). SDO18020.

Chaplin, C P, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments CPC, F1 CC 12-JAN-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17976.

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

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'.

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

Record last edited

Oct 16 2025 2:01PM