Monument record 8507/0/1 - Medieval Strip Lynchets

Flight of strip lynchets on hillside above Woodford Halse, a rare survival for Northamptonshire. They comprise three contour lynchets curviving round the slope, truncated to the west by a railway cutting. On the hillside above is ridge and furrow.

{1} Immediately S. of the village, on a steep N.W. facing hillside of Upper Lias Clay, is a flight of strip lynchets , a rare survival in Northamptonshire. These comprise three contour strip lynchets, curving round the slope. with risers up to 2.5 m. high and treads up to 10. wide. The E. ends extend onto the adjacent hillside, and are truncated by the railway cutting to the west. On the hillside above is normal ridge-and-furrow.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.203-4 site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire II (Central), 889840 (Archive). SNN112900.

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Jun 19 2024 4:13PM