Monument record MDO65 - Strip lynchets, Allington Hill, Allington

On the south slopes of Allington Hill are the remains of strip lynchets possibly part of a Medieval or later field system. The two lynchets are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and were digtially plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP project.

[SY 45609330] Lynchet excavated 1903 by COLLEY MARSH FSA. Probably 16th-19th cent. <1>

One of these lynchets was excavated in 1903 by H Colley March, who published a section through it. The topsoil on the lynchet contained clay tobacco pipe, fragments of Cornish roofing slate, iron objects and a large quantity of glazed pottery dating from the 16th to 19th centuries. <1>

Centred at SY 45589328. Two pronounced grass covered, approx parallel strip lynchets. Average height 4.5m. They are contour following and situated on a fairly steep hillside. Above them is another lynchet on a modern field boundary. It almost encircles the hill and may be modern or Md-modern. <2>

On the south slopes of Allington Hill are the remains of strip lynchets possibly part of a Medieval or later field system. This comprises two pronounced grass-covered, parallel strip lynchets with an average height of 4.5 metres, following the contours on a fairly steep hillside. Another lynchet on a modern field boundary lies above these and almost encircles the hill and may be modern. The two lynchets are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and were digtially plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP project <4>.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1904, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1903, 76-79 (Serial). SDO16.

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 21-SEP-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<4> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, sy4532se_dtm_50cm.asc (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450061 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 19 2022 6:56PM