- A
lynchet or
linchet is an
earth terrace found on the side of a hill.
Lynchets are a
feature of
ancient field systems of the
British Isles. They are commonly...
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coastal sand
dunes and
sometimes to open parkland; it is
cognate with
lynchet. "Links" can be
treated as
singular even
though it has an "s" at the end...
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stairs and channels. In Old English, a
terrace was also
called a "lynch" (
lynchet). An
example of an
ancient Lynch Mill is in Lyme Regis. The
water is directed...
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agriculture in the Pays de
Herve region,
which led to the
occurrence of
lynchets or
cultivation terraces, by
analogy to a
common practice in
current Ethiopia;...
- (Centaur
Discs 1997),
Mariner (Centaur
Discs 1998) This Is Not the End (
Lynchet Records 2006) and The War
Poets (2018). He has also
recorded CDs with Gracious...
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earthworks is unclear.
There is
evidence of
lynchet farming on the
southeast side of the hill. The age of the
lynchets is
unknown but
Roman pottery has been...
- summit, and the
surrounding area is rich in Iron Age tumuli, enclosures,
lynchets and
field systems.
Further to the west lies
Beacon Hill.
Watership Down...
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Crooked Moon
Hedge (TQ 233 070) lies on the top of a
prehistoric field lynchet;
these southern slopes of
Southwick Hill were
covered with an Iron Age...
- The Hill has a
flowery bank on its
western slope (TQ 286 091), a
bushy lynchet and an old
dewpond site on its brow. The Sus****
Border Path
takes you north...
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beneath the mounds.
Three barrows were
partially re-excavated in 1978.
Lynchets of the
original field system, up to 0.75
metres (2 ft 6 in) high, surround...
