Monument record MDO31256 - Undated lynchets, Hyde Wood, Steeple

A series of parallel lynchets are visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of Hyde Wood, Steeple. The features may be prehistoric or medieval strip lynchets although a geological origin cannot be ruled out.

A series of parallel lynchets are visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of Hyde Wood, Steeple. The features may be prehistoric or medieval strip lynchets although a geological origin cannot be ruled out (1-3). They are still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery and were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 03-MAY-1966, RAF 58/7372 0062-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13575.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4231-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13484.

<3> Royal Air Force, 27-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA/200 2014-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13497.

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Sep 5 2023 4:12PM