Monument record MWX3401 - Lynchet, land off Sweethill Road, Southwell, Portland

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Remnants of a lynchet

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Full Description

Layers containing Late Iron Age pottery and worked chert representing the remains of a lynchet, sealed by buried soil (WX3400). Lynchet does not fit in with medieval field arrangement and is like to be remnants of an earlier field regime (1)


<1> Bellamy, P and Best, J E, 2002, Land Off Sweethill Road, Southwell, Portland, Dorset. Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SWX8575.

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Bellamy, P and Best, J E. 2002. Land Off Sweethill Road, Southwell, Portland, Dorset. Archaeological Evaluation.

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Location

Grid reference SY 683 700 (point) Centred on
Map sheet SY67SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 001 265

Record last edited

Oct 4 2007 10:31AM

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