Monument record MDO50961 - Medieval strip lynchets, Coombe Farm, Castleton

A series of narrow strip lynchets either side of a long narrow coombe at Coombe Farm, Castleton, are visible as earthworks on lidar and satellite imagery and aerial photographs. The features appear to continue similar earthworks to the west, south of the present-day farm, recorded as the site of a deserted medieval settlement (MDO43762).

A series of narrow strip lynchets either side of a long narrow coombe at Coombe Farm, Castleton, are visible as earthworks on lidar and satellite imagery and aerial photographs. The features appear to continue similar earthworks to the west, south of the present-day farm, recorded as the site of a deserted medieval settlement (MDO43762) (DC 1972; EA 2022; GE 2020).

Google Earth, 16-09-2020, Google Earth imagery 2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16840.

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

xx-xx-1972, Dorset Council 254/229 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21837.

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Aug 12 2026 5:11PM