Thesaurus Term/Concept: STRIP LYNCHET

Identifier 68632
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A terraced field usually found on hillsides. Comprising a flat strip of land, called the tread, and a steep, scarped lynchet or edge, called the riser.

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Context Record
Monument Type MMO1997 Medieval field boundaries or strip lynchets on the west facing slopes of Wind Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MMO2780 Medieval lynchets south of Common Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MMO2854 Medieval or post-medieval field boundaries on North Brake (Monument)
Monument Type MMO2683 Medieval or post-medieval strip lynchets northeast of Ford Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MDE10861 Medieval strip fields south of Parracombe Village (Monument)
Monument Type MEM25292 Medieval strip lynchet or agricultural terrace east of Villes Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MDE10871 Medieval strip lynchets around North and South Swincombe (Monument)
Monument Type MMO2090 Medieval strip lynchets east of Rowley Plantation (Monument)
Monument Type MMO2781 Medieval strip lynchets southwest of Muxworthy Cottage (Monument)