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 MNF61417 Earthworks of medieval agricultural boundaries (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF40378 Medieval banks and ditches (Monument)
Monument Type MNF59675 Possible remnants of presumably medieval and/or post medieval ridge and furrow or lynchets (Monument)