Monument record MDO558 - Lynchets, Buckland Newton

Strip lynchets on the east slope of Dungeon Hill. Four contour strip lynchets are visible as earthwork terraces. Medieval or possibly post-medieval in date. They measure 180 to 200 metres in length and average 2.5 metres in height. The terraces are from 4 to 14 metres wide.

Four well-preserved Medieval or later contour strip lynchets, detail published (a) at ST 69140736, upon a steep, east-facing pasture slope measure 180.0 to 200.0m in length and average 2.5m in height. The terraces are from 4.0 to 14.0m in width. 1:2500 AM revised. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 53-54 (Monograph). SDO146.

'On the E. side of Dungeon Hill (691073) are four contour strip lynchets up to 330 yds. long, in poor condition.'

<2> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F1 ASP 11-NOV-77 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<2.1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<3> DCMS, 1999, Scheduled Monument Notification 1999, 10-Aug-99 (Scheduling record). SDO17351.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 198784 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Sep 27 2024 4:56PM