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English: Strip Lynchets east of Heytesbury North of the B390.
"These are little steps that form between fields usually as a result of ploughing, as the soil gradually moves downhill to pile up against a field boundary. They have caused a lot of trouble in the past as it was not clear when they might have developed. In prehistoric and Roman fields, which tend to be square or rectangular in plan, there are often lynchets along the sides of those that are on slopes. Elsewhere there are strip lynchets on the sides of hills, which have now been shown to be strips of the medieval common field system developed on steep slopes; as a result, they can be seen as parts of the open fields surrounding many medieval settlements. Whether these lynchets were constructed deliberately or came about as a result of ploughing is still not certain." The above was copied from: http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/abc_l.html |
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| Author | Maurice Pullin |
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