Monument record MDO43400 - Strip lynchets, Melcombe Horsey

An area of strip lynchets to the NE of Henning Hill. The series of parallel lynchets is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

An area of strip lynchets to the NE of Henning Hill. <1>

Centred at ST 76700181. Pronounced, parallel contour-following Medieval type strip lynchets on a steep North East facing slope. Grass and tree covered. <2>

ST 767017. Six contour strip lynchets, up to 200 yds long, lie E of Hill Barn. They are part of the former open field-systems of Bingham's Melcombe (ST 70 SE 40). <3>

The series of parallel lynchets is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. (Environmant Agency 2023)

<1> RCHM Mss file (Unpublished document). SWX2467.

<2> Rigg, J, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JR, F1 JR 21-AUG-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 172 (Monograph). SDO136.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 201833 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Dec 11 2025 6:18PM