Monument record MDO50852 - Medieval strip lynchets, strip field, Nether Compton

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A series of medieval strip lynchets, part of a former medieval strip field system, on the northeastern edge of Nether Compton, are visible as earthworks and extant historic field boundaries on 2022 composite DTM lidar and current satellite imagery.

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A series of medieval strip lynchets, part of a former medieval strip field system, on the northeastern edge of Nether Compton, are visible as earthworks and extant historic field boundaries on 2022 composite DTM lidar and current satellite imagery (EA 2022; GE 2025).


Google Earth, 16-04-2025, Google Earth Imagery 2025 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21533.

Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 16-04-2025. Google Earth Imagery 2025.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2022. LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 6013 1729 (409m by 549m)
Map sheet ST61NW
Civil Parish Nether Compton; Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2026 3:49PM

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