Monument record MDO8062 - South Egliston: Strip fields

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 303 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(12) STRIP FIELDS, probably belonging to South Egliston, occur in two groups. (a) Strip lynchets (891797 to 897793) cover above 35 acres on the slopes of Tyneham Cap and S. of it. Three are 7 yds. to 30 yds. wide with risers 4 ft. to 18 ft. high; the lowest curving N.W., is about 440 yds. long and probably originally consisted of two strips placed end to end. A bank some 18 ft. wide and 4 ft. high with a possible ditch on theW., 21 ft. across runs N.W. to S.E., returning E. at both ends though very disturbed. Its relationship to the strip lynchets is uncertain, but they are probably contemporary. (b) Strip fields (898791 to 901800) cover about 50 acres N.E. and S. of South Egliston. To the N. are strip lynchets up to 330 yds. long, gently curved in plan and running up a slope of 15° with treads 6 yds. to 15 yds. wide and risers 4 ft. high. To the S. are furlongs of broad ridge-and-furrow up to 17 yds. wide. There is also extensive narrow rig on ground shown as still being arable on the Tithe Map of 1841.'

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Records, SY87NE 2 (Index). SDO131.

<3> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 147 (Index). SDO147.

‘The site lies on regularly ploughed land. 7/7/D.’

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Sep 20 2018 4:32PM