Monument record MDR3763 - Strip lynchets, south-west of Gratton Grange Farm, Gratton

Type and Period (2)

STRIP LYNCHET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CULTIVATION TERRACE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Full Description

SK 206 617. Earthworks visible on aerial photographs taken in 1957 were identified as strip lynchets but were later considered to be old tracks and land-creep in 1966. (1,2). The features were reinterpreted as strip lynchets on a field survey in 1966. Three medieval cultivation strips were created to follow the contour on the locally steep slope here, some parts of which were too steep to be utilised. There are five lynchets which are each up to about 1 metre high. These strips were once part of the medieval field farmed from the settlement of Gratton. (3).

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SDR811 Aerial Photograph: 1957. AP's F.22 58/RAF/2315/0316-7.
<2> SDR6392 Personal Observation: F1 JB 25-MAY-66.
<3> SDR19732 Unpublished document: Barnatt, J (PDNPA). 1996. Oddo House and Gratton Grange Farms, Elton and Gratton, Derbyshire, archaeological survey, 1996. Feature 55, p26.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 205 617 (177m by 188m) (Centre)
Civil Parish	GRATTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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EDR3793
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Record last edited

Apr 30 2015 8:41AM