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View of Strip Lynchets on Brympton Hill
DiscoverPlaces to seeNatural MonumentsUnited KingdomEnglandSouth West EnglandSomersetSouth SomersetHaselbury Plucknett
View of Strip Lynchets on Brympton Hill
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Kit P
January 5, 2021
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Somerset and Dorset are riddled with strip lynchets and some examples are particularly eye-catching. Best viewed from a distance, strip lynchets were a type of earthwork commonly used in ancient field systems, mainly in southern Britain.
Like terraces in other countries, it’s thought that strip lynchets were made to increase the agricultural land available in hilly areas. There’s also a theory that they came about as a result of repeated ploughing. These ones can be seen from the south, on the southern side of Brympton Hill.
Like terraces in other countries, it’s thought that strip lynchets were made to increase the agricultural land available in hilly areas. There’s also a theory that they came about as a result of repeated ploughing. These ones can be seen from the south, on the southern side of Brympton Hill.
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