Monument record MDO1855 - Strip lynchets at Suddon, Owermoigne

Strip lynchets, possibly forming part of the medieval open fields of Suddon. The strip lynchets are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs.

Strip lynchets, possibly forming part of the medieval open fields of Suddon. (1)

The strip lynchets described above in (1) are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features consist of narrow, linear, banks measuring between 42 m and 265 m in length. They are visible over an area measuring approximately 825 m by 350 m. (2-3) The system extends to the west (recorded in MDO24571). These features were digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 188 (Monograph). SDO148.

‘(19) STRIP LYNCHETS (757822-760822; see Fig. P. 187), of contour type, very fragmentary, lie N. and N.E. of South Down Farm (15); they may have formed part of the open fields of ‘Suddon’ (R.A.F. V.A.P. CPE/UK 1821:4441.)’

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4441-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13844.

<3> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2005, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13151.

Record last edited

Nov 5 2014 10:03AM