Monument record MDO8053 - Medieval field system, Tyneham

An extensive group of well-preserved contour strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery of Gold Down. They are considered likely to be medieval in date, possibly overlying an earlier Late Prehistoric field system.

An extensive group of well-preserved contour strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (2-5) and Lidar imagery (6) of Gold Down. They are considered likely to be medieval in date, possibly overlying an earlier Late Prehistoric field system. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

Please also refer to records MDO8058 and MWX557 for extra detail.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 302-303 (Monograph). SDO149.

'(7) STRIP FIELDS (873797 to 880798) overlie 'Celtic' fields 600 yds. S. of Baltington. Two blocks basically of contour strip-lynchet type are separated by a small area of steeper natural slope on which 'Celtic' fields are relatively undisturbed. The total area is about 13 acres.'

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 F20 3254-55 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12956.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 F20 3256-57 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12960.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 F20 3258-59 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12958.

<5> Channel Coastal Observatory, 15-OCT-2010, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12622.

<6> Channel Coastal Observatory, 23-MAR-2008, Lidar (Photograph). SDO12878.

<7> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 138 (Index). SDO147.

‘The earthworks lie in permanent pasture. 7/7/C.’

Record last edited

Mar 5 2018 1:39PM