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Monument details

HER Number:TR 25 SE 326
Type of record:Monument
Name:Lynchets, Goodnestone Park

Summary

Several banks and lynchets lie in an area of pasture south of Goodnestone House. Oak trees on this alignment suggest that these are remains of pre-park enclosure field systems. They certainly pre-date map evidence for the area.


Grid Reference:TR 2515 5415
Map Sheet:TR25SE
Parish:GOODNESTONE, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • LYNCHET (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1700 AD?)

Full description

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Several banks and lynchets lie in an area of pasture south of Goodnestone House. Oak trees on this alignment suggest that these are remains of pre-park enclosure field systems. They certainly pre-date map evidence for the area (1).


<1> Nicola Bannister, 2001, Goodnestone Park and Estate: Heritage Landscape Management Plan (Unpublished document). SKE15949.

Sources and further reading

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<1>Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 2001. Goodnestone Park and Estate: Heritage Landscape Management Plan.