Monument record MWX110 - Medieval strip lynchets, Burton Bradstock

The terraces are divided by a cross-balk about 90 yards from the cliff. To the W of it there are three main terraces interrupted by the cliff, about 18 yds wide and 2 1/2 ft high. To the E of the balk the system is irregular but there are two main terraces. (RCHME 1952; Rigg 1955)

Regularly spaced parallel and well defined grass covered strip lynchets occur in area A [centred at SY 480895]. These lynchets are from 0.5m to 0.2m high, and follow the line of the contours. direction and average 0.5m high. These are also grass covered. Both areas are of Medieval. type lynchets. (Quinnell 1955)

The system of medieval strip fields is visible on historical aerial photographs (Royal Air Force 1942) and modern lidar (Channel Coast Observatory 2009). It was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). This site is the same as MDO595.

Rigg, J, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JR, F1 JR 21-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

Quinnell, N V, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments NVQ, 23-APR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

Royal Air Force, 07-JUN-1942, RAF AC53 7-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12990.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West) (Monograph). SDO97.

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

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Sep 2 2026 3:24PM