Monument record MDO198 - Medieval strip lynchets on Buckham Down, Beaminster

Medieval strip lynchets on Buckham Down, Beaminster. They form part of a wider system of medieval strip fields and were digitally plotted from lidar imagery and aerial photographs during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Three areas of medieval strip lynchets, centred ST 481-031, visible on air photographs.

Area A. ST 47850320. Pronounced but rather irregular, though approximately parallel strip lynchets. Grass and scrub covered.

Area B. ST 48100305. Pronounced parallel, closely-set strip lynchets, following the contours on the upper slopes of a steep hillside. Grass covered.

Area C. ST 48300312. Pronounced but rather irregular strip lynchets, covered in grass and scrub, with much rock exposed. <1>

A series of medieval strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery on Buckham Down <2-3>. They run roughly east-west from Mintern's Hill, Stintford Lane to Buckham Down Farm. They form part of a wider system of medieval strip fields and were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP

<1> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 20-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 1090-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14543.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 4399-400 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14516.

<3> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, sy4703.ecw and ST4803.ecw (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 192975 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 14 2022 11:11AM