Monument record MDO447 - Lynchet, Poundbury Farm Track, Bradford Peverell

A substantial lynchet was observed about 123m to the north of the Bridport Road, where it was cut through by a new farm track in 1990 It was aligned approximately N-S along the contours of the slope. This lynchet is undated but is probably later prehistoric or Roman in date.

A substantial lynchet was observed about 123m to the north of the Bridport Road, where it was cut through by a new farm track in 1990 (1).

This lynchet was aligned approximately N-S along the contours of the slope and survived as a ridge of chalk about 2m wide and 0.45m high. It is undated but is probably later prehistoric or Roman in date (2).

Wessex Archaeology, 1990, Poundbury Farm Track (Excavation archive). SDO10027.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1991, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990, 115 (Serial). SDO90.

<1> Davies, S M, 1990, Poundbury Farm Track, Dorchester, Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society., 115 (Article in serial). SDO9852.

<2> Coe D, Davies S and Heaton M, 1990, Archaeological observations at Poundbury Farm Track, Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO10026.

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