Monument record MDO4477 - Medieval field system, Milton Abbas

Strip lynchets visible on aerial photographs. The remains of four possible lynchets are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery on the north-facing slopes to the west of Little Hewish Farm, Milton Abbas; they were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Down AIM.

Centred at ST 801000. A series of grass covered Medieval strip lynchets. The lynchets are from 0.3m. to 1.5m. high, parallel and regularly spaced. <1>

The remains of four possible lynchets are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery on the north-facing slopes to the west of Little Hewish Farm, Milton Abbas; they were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Down AIM. (EA 2023)

<1> Quinnell, N V, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 30-AUG-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2335-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14769.

<1.2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 4356 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17621.

<2> Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 205769 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<3> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Feb 16 2026 6:33PM