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Group of medieval strip lynchets at Knitson Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising ridge and furrow earthworks indicative of medieval arable cultivation practices. The lynchets, formed through repeated ploughing along contours on sloping ground, represent field systems typical of the medieval period, likely dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. These earthworks preserve evidence of open field agriculture and landscape management practised by the farming communities of medieval Dorset, demonstrating the organisation of agricultural labour and territorial division during the medieval era. The survival of the features at Knitson Farm contributes to understanding medieval rural settlement patterns and farming techniques in the county.
Group of medieval strip lynchets at Knitson Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019950. View the official record →
Group of medieval strip lynchets at Knitson Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising ridge and furrow earthworks indicative of medieval arable cultivation practices.
Group of medieval strip lynchets at Knitson Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019950.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The old prison and pump (3.2 km), Bowl barrow 500m north east of Afflington Farm (3.5 km), Medieval settlement at Afflington (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of medieval strip lynchets at Knitson Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Group of medieval strip lynchets at Knitson Farm stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.