Monument record MDO4802 - Medieval field system, Lazerton, Stourpaine

Contour strip lynchets, the remains of the medieval open field system around the settlement of Lazerton. Likely to have been enclosed in the 15th century, when the village of Lazerton was deserted. Now almost wholly destroyed.

Contour strip lynchets of the open fields of Lazerton 865106-874113, cover some 15 acres; they are now almost wholly destroyed. The fields were probably enclosed at about the same time as Lazerton was deserted presumably in the 15th century. (See ST 81 SE 26). <1-2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 262-263, No 10 plan (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(10) CULTIVATION REMAINS. Contour strip lynchets of the open fields of Lazerton (865106–874113) cover some 15 acres; they are now almost wholly destroyed. The fields were probably enclosed at about the same time as Lazerton was deserted, presumably in the 15th century.’

<2> Royal Air Force, RAF/CPE/UK/2038 3227-31 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18566.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206194 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Sep 21 2022 1:48PM