Field System, above Henner's Combe, North Hill, Holnicote Estate

Record ID:  115515 / MNA167624
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Holnicote Estate; South West
Civil Parish:  Selworthy; West Somerset; Somerset
Grid Reference:  SS 9198 4829
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Summary

Two Medieval to Post Medieval lynchets, running east-west in the improved pasture southeast of the inland end of Henner’s Combe, now part of West Myne Farm.

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Monument Types

  • FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Two lynchets, running east-west in the improved pasture southeast of the inland end of Henner’s Combe, now part of West Myne Farm.One lynchet is very large, 1.8m high, the smaller one is 0.,6m high and runs north-south from it. Both have been spread by later cultivation. Condition: good. [1]

The Medieval to Post Medieval lynchets were visible as slight earthworks on historical aerial photographs and mapped as part of the Severn Estuary RCZAS mapping project. Further information, sources and photograph references are available in the Exmoor National Park HER record MSO8092. [2]

References

  • SNA69539 - Collection: Exmoor National Park Authority. Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record (HER). MSO8092. [Mapped feature: #181048 ]

  • SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset. 115515.

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External): MSO8092 Exmoor National Park HER

Associated Events

  • ENA3149 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of the Holnicote Estate 2001

Associated Finds

None Recorded

Related Records

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