Monument record MDO4356 - Lynchets, Milborne St Andrew

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<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 179 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(16) CULTIVATION REMAINS. The dates of enclosure of the open field systems in the parish are unknown; remains are noted in three places. … About ½ m. W. of Weatherby Castle (around 798962) and immediately W. of (13) were formerly some 30 acres of very slight contour strip lynchets, with low risers, arranged in butting and interlocked furlong blocks; they now are all destroyed. The remains were probably part of the open fields of Milborne St. Andrew (R.A.F. CPE/UK 1934: 4114-5).’

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  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 179.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 797 961 (482m by 354m)
Map sheet SY79NE
Civil Parish Milborne St Andrew; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 039 016 B

Record last edited

Jan 24 2018 2:13PM

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