Monument record MDO647 - Lynchets, Castleton

In the area centred at ST 61751895 which is under fairly high grass there are vague parallel crop marks indicating strip lynchets. In the area centred at ST 61531877, also under high grass, there appear to be fairly pronounced Medieval type parallel strip lynchets in three series. There also appears to be some rig and furrow west of the spring (ST 61661882). <2>

Centred at ST 61751895 in pasture land on the north east and south west sides of a small coombe are two parallel flights of Medieval type lynchets. The terraces average 2.0m high and 6.0m wide and are well defined. The supposed rig and furrow west of the spring appears to be part of this system. <3>

Relatively denuded rig and Furrow earthworks centred on ST 61696 18881 are visible in LiDAR imagery (EA 2022 DTM). <6>

<1> Bean, C E, Annotated record map Corr 6", June 1950, March 1954 (Map). SDO16337.

Lynchets in area centred at ST 61651884

<2> Rigg, J, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JR, F1 JR 05-JUL-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Barrett, G, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments GB, F2 GB 18-AUG-77 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<3.1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 3141-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17479.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<5> Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 199354 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<6> Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

Record last edited

Jul 25 2026 8:56AM