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Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of terraced agricultural features in Dorset. Strip lynchets are characteristic evidence of medieval open field cultivation, formed through repeated ploughing along contours on sloping ground, creating distinctive narrow terraces separated by banks. The features at this location date to the medieval period and represent the intensive arable farming practices that sustained rural communities in southern England. Such monuments provide important archaeological evidence for understanding the agrarian landscape and land management systems of the high medieval period.
Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020028. View the official record →
Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of terraced agricultural features in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020028.
Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead 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 1020028.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks on site of manor house (7.5 km), Medieval standing cross 50m east of St Peter's Church (7.8 km), Long barrow and a round barrow cemetery at Telegraph Clump on Blandford Race Down (8.6 km).
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