Monument record MDO4106 - Strip lynchets north east of Everley Farm, Iwerne Stepleton

Traces of two strip lynchets, part of the medieval open field system of the parish, and recorded as being visible as faint earthworks. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

Traces of 'Celtic' fields are visible north of Everley Coppice around ST 872 118 and north east of Everley Farm (ST 871 118) are faint traces of two medieval strip lynchets.

No distinct traces on RAF air photographs. <1-3>

Note: MDO4106 only represents the strip lynchet part of UID 206200. The Celtic fields element of UID 206200 is represented by MDO4111.

<1> Royal Air Force, 27-Apr-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2038 4229-30 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18569.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 135, No 5 (Monograph). SDO146.

'(5) Cultivation Remains. Nothing is known of the open fields of the parish although it has been suggested that there once was a two-field system, Dorset Procs., LXIX (1947), 48); about 40 acres of strip lynchets and ridge-and-furrow remain. N.E. of Everley Farm (871118) are faint traces of two strip lynchets...’

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 342 (Monograph). SDO136.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206200 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 22 2024 12:33PM