Monument record MDO8055 - Medieval field system, Tyneham

The lynchets have been ploughed and are generally in poor condition. The majority are traceable only in a low light. <3>

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

‘(9) STRIP FIELDS occur in four main areas around Tyneham village. (a) Strip lynchets (87788079 to 88158057) cover about 30 acres N.W. and N. of the church. The central and least disturbed of three blocks has strips 150 yds. by 13 yds. to 18 yds., risers mostly 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, with the most northerly 6 ft. high, and quarter-round ends at the E. The W. boundary apparently runs in part along a raised area, perhaps the course of the original road into Tyneham from the N. The E. part was known until recently as 'Church Furlong' (L. M. G. Bond, Tyneham (1956), 76).’

<2> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 140 (Index). SDO147.

‘Earthworks visible in permanent pasture being colonized by low shrubs. 7/7/C.’

<3> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F1 NJA 27-AUG-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 883380 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME: Tyneham Medieval and Other Earthworks, Dorset. Additional entries

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455447 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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