Monument record MDO4877 - Lynchets, Sutton Waldron

Traces of strip fields have been recorded to the west of Sutton Waldron in an area enclosed before 1765. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

There are traces of strip fields on the west of the parish church at ST 858159. (Listed under Medieval and Later Earthworks). <1-2>

Centred at ST 85851595 and running for some 300.0m around the north side of a low hill are the remains of three broad strip fields. Bounded in places by scarps up to 2.0m high, they form part of the current field pattern. A substantial hollow-way runs parallel to and south of the fields from ST 85561584 to ST 86001590. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 86 (Monograph). SDO99.

‘(6) Cultivation Remains. A map of the parish of c.1776 (copy in D.C.R.O.) shows the remains of the open fields on the E. of the village; they were named North, Whiteway, East and Ledge Fields. … Traces of strip fields on the W. of the parish church (858157) are in an area enclosed before c.1770 (Map of Sutton Waldron Farm, D.C.R.O.; Dorset Procs., 64 (1942), 75-83)’.

<2> Royal Air Force, 07-JAN-1954, RAF 58/1332 F22 0032-33 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17871.

<3> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 17-JAN-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1943, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1942, 78 (Serial). SDO42.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205964 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 22 2022 10:51AM