Monument record MDO42795 - Historic field boundaries and lynchets, Cruxton, Maiden Newton

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Summary

Linear banked features and curvilinear scarps are visible as earthworks on current Lidar imagery in fields to the south of Cruxton, Maiden Newton. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries and strip lynchets of medieval to post medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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Full Description

Linear banked features and curvilinear scarps are visible as earthworks on current Lidar imagery in fields to the south of Cruxton, Maiden Newton (1). The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries and strip lynchets of medieval to post medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.


<1> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2019, LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN (Photograph). SDO16524.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2019. LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6027 9609 (point) (683 map features)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Maiden Newton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Nov 9 2020 12:21PM

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