Monument record MDO912 - Long Copse, prehistoric or medieval field boundaries, Chilcombe

FIELD SYSTEMS: Taken from his photo's in Jany - March 1949 by R J C Atkinson. <1>

A: SY 52989171. B: SY53209158 Two areas of Md strip lynchets, area B being distinctly shown on AP PE/UK/2437/3156.
A: Two grass covered terraces averaging 8.0m wide with a drop of 1.3m between them.
B: A series of grass covered strip lynchets running in an E-W direction. The lynchets are in poor condition and average 0.5m high.

Other banks in the locality, such as that at the S.W. corner of the earthwork round CHILCOMBE HILL, appear to be comparatively modern boundary banks. <2>

Parallel field banks of prehistoric or medieval origin, visible as earthworks on the south-east facing slopes of Chilcombe Hill. <4-6>

<1> Atkinson, R J C, Annotated record map 1 to 6 inch scale (Map). SDO18356.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 06-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<4> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3154-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11392.

<5> 30-MAY-1975, CUCAP (RC8AW 278-80) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11394.

<6> 14-APR-1984, NMR OS/84029 253-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11393.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451323 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 3 2023 4:27PM