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Monument Number 192479
Hob Uid: 192479
Location : North Somerset Loxton
Grid Ref : ST3791257883
Summary : A group of four Medieval lynchets which define five cultivation terraces are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Lidar. The site extends over an area which measures 297 metres north-south and 66 metres east-west. The fields or cultivation terraces which these lynchets define measure between 9 metres and 15 metres wide, and up to 280 metres long. These lynchets are an integral part of the field system associated with Christon Medieval settlement (see ST 35 NE 2).
More information : (ST 380578) An area of lynchets at Christon, see plan. (1) In the upper part of field 47 they overlie earlier "up and down" lynchets similar to and a little wider than the possibly 10th century lynchets at Oldmixon (see ST 35 NW, 21). (2-3) A group of four Medieval lynchets which define five cultivation terraces are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Lidar. The site is centred on ST 3791 5788, and extends over an area which measures 297 metres north-south and 66 metres east-west. The fields or cultivation terraces which these lynchets define measure between 9 metres and 15 metres wide, and up to 280 metres long. These lynchets are an integral part of the field system associated with Christon Medieval settlement (see ST 35 NE 2 / UID: 192356), with lynchets continuing to the east on the same NNW-SSE alignment (4-5).

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Source details : Search 10 1970 (Banwell Soc of Arch) 9 plan (R L Clarke)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Search 9 1969 16 plan (R L Clarke)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Bristol ARG Bull 5 No 1 1974 PH Checklist 17 (D Bromwich et al)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : NMR OS/89071 315-316 08-APR-1989
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : LIDAR ST3656 LAST RETURN 01-APR-2006
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1000
Monument Start Date : 900
Monument Type : Lynchet
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Lynchet, Cultivation Terrace, Field, Field System
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 22818
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 35 NE 51
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-02-01
End Date : 2009-05-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 192479