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Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm

England
List entry 1020028
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020028
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.44 hectares
Grid reference
ST 87397 16609
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm is a group of cultivation terraces located in Dorset, England. Strip lynchets are characteristic features of medieval arable agriculture, formed through repeated ploughing along hillside contours which gradually created stepped terraces in the landscape. The lynchets at this location date to the medieval period and represent the physical remains of intensive open-field farming practices. Such terraces are significant archaeological evidence of land use, settlement patterns, and agricultural innovation during the Middle Ages, and their survival indicates areas of historical cultivation that have been preserved from subsequent development or agricultural modernisation.

Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020028. View the official record →

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What is Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm?

Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm is a group of cultivation terraces located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020028.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm?

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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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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
Romano-British settlement and two bowl barrows on Blandford Race Down 450m south east of Telegraph Clump
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 850m ENE of Langbourne
9.1 km
Two bowl barrows west of Bonsley Common, 900m NNE of Turnworth House
9.5 km
Long barrow 820m south east of Telegraph Clump
9.5 km
Field system in Old Park
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm

Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm

Cadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~16 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~19.1 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~19.7 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~21.6 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~21.6 miles
Domesday entry for Fontmell, Dorset →
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