Monument record MDO49467 - Possible medieval lynchets, Ranston, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton

A series of narrow banked lynchets are visible as cropmarks and earthworks to the west of Ranston, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton, on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. They might be of medieval origin but could possibly be earlier in date. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A series of narrow banked lynchets are visible as cropmarks and earthworks to the west of Ranston, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton, on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (NMR 1982; EA 2018). They might be of medieval original, although, as they are located within a wide area of later prehistoric field systems they could possibly be, or include, features of earlier date. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

National Monuments Record, 22-APR-1982, NMR/2114 1196 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21488.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

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