Monument record MDO8057 - Medieval field system, Tyneham, East Lulworth

Earthworks of medieval strip lynchets and ridge and furrow surrounding Tyneham village (MDO8054) are visible on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery.

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

Earthworks of medieval strip lynchets and ridge and furrow surrounding Tyneham village (MDO8054) are visible on aerial photographs <6-8> and Lidar imagery <9-10>. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<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. … (c) Strip lynchets and broad ridge-and-furrow (88398000 to 88428052) cover at least 27 acres E. and S.E. of the church. The Tyneham to Egliston road seems to cut them. The broad rig W. of Tyneham House crosses scarps up to 5 ft. high, probably the remains of 'Celtic' fields.’

<2> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 142 (Index). SDO147.

‘Earthworks visible in permanent pasture being colonized by low shrubs. Part of the area now destroyed by a visitors carpark. 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 Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F1 NJA 27-AUG-81 (Unpublished document).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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document).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> Royal Air Force, 21-JAN-1945, RAF 106G/LA/105 2028-29 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12953.

<7> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 F20 3254-55 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12956.

<8> Royal Air Force, 18-FEB-1970, RAF 58/0254 0013-14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12954.

<9> Channel Coastal Observatory, 23-MAR-2008, Lidar (Photograph). SDO12878.

<10> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455447 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 22 2023 9:14AM