Monument record MDO43377 - Strip lynchets, Milton-on-Stour, Gillingham

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Summary

Earthwork terraces known as strip lynchets. The remains of a medieval field system.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

(ST 790285) Strip lynchets, perhaps the remains of the open fields of Milton-on-Stour, are visible on air photographs
and on the ground west of the villages; they lie along the valley of a small brook. <1>


<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North) (Monograph). SDO99.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1924 3238-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17595.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202339 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North).
  • <1.1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1924 3238-9.
  • <2>XY Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 202339. [Mapped feature: #632565 ]

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 7892 2845 (519m by 375m)
Map sheet ST72NE
Civil Parish Gillingham; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 72 NE 23
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 202339

Record last edited

Feb 9 2022 10:33AM

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