Strip lynchets, Ringstead
Introduction
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Strip lynchets, Ringstead
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 28 Dec 2009
Lynchets are man-made step or terrace on a hill slope, carved out to make land fit for cultivation by the plough. Some lynchets were deliberately created with stone facing on the 'riser' of the step supporting the level 'tread' above. Such lynchets often occur as a flight ascending a slope, creating a series of strip lynchets. Historians generally agree that most lynchets were made between early Anglo Saxon times and the 16th century. The ones here are thought to be Early Medieval.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.639882
Longitude
-2.344013