Monument record MWX547 - Strip lynchet, Spring Bottom Hill, Osmington Mills, Osmington

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Summary

Strip lynchet and associated strip field cultivation marks, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs at Osmington Mills.

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Full Description

Probable strip lynchet of contour type visible from SY 73848230 to SY 73908190 (Depicted as slope symbol on OS 6 1963). <1>

A very prominent strip lynchet, approximately 400 metres long, following the contour north-south. Published 1:2500 correct. <2>

The lynchet is associated with medieval strip field cultivation marks which are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project <3>.


<1> Mead, Richard, Field Investigators Comments RPM, R1 RPM 12-JUN-1979 (Unpublished document). SWX2301.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4445-46 (Aerial Photograph). SWX8418.

<2> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 10-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<3> Royal Air Force, 16-JAN-1962, RAF 58/4878 0083-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11785.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454450 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Mead, Richard. Field Investigators Comments RPM. R1 RPM 12-JUN-1979.
  • <1.1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4445-46.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 10-JUL-80.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 16-JAN-1962. RAF 58/4878 0083-4.
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 454450.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7381 8200 (211m by 456m) (13 map features)
Map sheet SY78SW
Civil Parish Osmington; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 084 080
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 SW 51
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 454450

Record last edited

Aug 29 2024 11:13AM

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