Monument record MDO6603 - Strip Lynchets, west of Corfe Hill Farm, Weymouth
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Strip Lynchets, formerly in Radipole Parish, one 22 yard wide tread of which still remains.{1}
The remains of five parallel field boundaries comprising a medieval strip field system were visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs {2}. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 374 (Monograph). SDO150.
‘(393) STRIP LYNCHETS, formerly in Radipole parish, remain as follows: one tread, 22 yds. wide, W. of Corfe Hill Farm (66078193 to 66138187); another, 8 yds. wide, S. of Causeway Farm (66088133 to 66248113) and adjacent to 8 acres of disturbed strip lynchets, now destroyed, shown by air photographs to run up and down slopes of about 9°. (R.A.F V.A.P. CPE/UK 1821: 4460.)’
<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4459-60 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11977.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6605 8190 (180m by 168m) (12 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68SE |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 393 A
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Weymouth 393
Record last edited
Oct 23 2014 12:38PM
