10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LYNCHET»
Discover the use of
lynchet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lynchet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Field Archaeology: An Introduction
Figure 6.14 Excavating a lynchet section. If they are part of a field system, as
opposed to a single field, then the lynchets will have a positive and a negative
element. At the bottom of the field the soil builds up as a positive lynchet, while at
the ...
2
Landscape, Monuments, and Society: The Prehistory of ...
Lynchets can be glimpsed in the low light in this area, and a single surviving line
of lynchet has also been recorded (Fig. 5.2). Aerial photographs reveal lynchets
further to the south-east, although there is also an Iron Age enclosure in this area
...
John C. Barrett, Richard Bradley, Martin Green,
1991
3
Farming in the First Millennium AD: British Agriculture ...
Quite different from the modern garden hoe or 'Dutch hoe', a much later invention.
lynchet: a purely descriptive term (locally 'linches' etc.) usually for an
accumulation of plough-soil at the downhill side of a field ('positive lynchet'); but
the term ...
4
The Farming of Prehistoric Britain
Excavation subsequently showed that the curved lynchet was indeed genuine
and that it was curved because it had accumulated on (and subsequently
faithfully reflected) the outer edge of a ditch curving round to enclose a
contemporary ...
5
The Environment of Early Man in the British Isles
A variety of boundary types was used — stone walls, fences, ditches and hedges
— and when ploughing began, downslope movement of soil caused a build up
against the field boundary. This is known as a positive lynchet. On the downslope
...
6
Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology
Downslope gully erosion Positive lynchet FIGURE 4.4 Colluvial soil movement
down slope and down valley (after Allen, 1988); hypothetical soil erosion and
deposition on the chalklands of southern England (see Table 4.1; Allen, 1992;
Bell, ...
Paul Goldberg, Richard I. Macphail,
2009
7
The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Prehistory
The marks were c. 10 cm wide at most, mostly 5-10 cm deep, and V-shaped in
section where excavatable. They lay roughly parallel and at right angles to the
adjacent lynchet, beneath which was found the evidence for a fence (above p.
Stuart Piggott, Joan Thirsk,
1981
8
Sterling Dictionary of Anthropology
LYNcHET The study of lynchets helps in dating Late Bronze Age cultivations. It is
a low ridge resulting from soil being washed down from the upper edge of a field
to an uncultivated strip at its bottom. LYNcHET, NEGATTvE A hollow in the ...
9
The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 1, ...
The marks were c. 10 cm wide at most, mostly 5—10 cm deep, and V-shaped in
section where excavatable. They lay roughly parallel and at right angles to the
adjacent lynchet, beneath which was found the evidence for a fence (above p.
Stuart Piggott, Joan Thirsk,
2011
10
Man, a Geomorphological Agent: An Introduction to Anthropic ...
Dispersal of wet-field terracing (Spencer and Hale, 1961) Spencer and Hale (
1961) define four major types: the lynchet-row and furrow-rideau type of
Northwestern Europe: the steep-slope terrace of the Mediterranean-Himala- yan-
Andian ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LYNCHET»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
lynchet is used in the context of the following news items.
Come to a wild weekend at Bradgers Hill
Naturalist Trevor Tween has updated the orginal Lynchet Walk leaflet which denotes terraces on the Hill dating back to Neolithic times. «Luton Today, Jul 15»
Family's mission to help the homeless on Christmas Eve
Mrs Marshall-Wood, of Lynchet Close, Brighton, said: “A lot of organisations are overwhelmed by homeless people at Christmas as people from ... «The Argus, Nov 14»
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Viszont Emppu Vuorinen játéka még Steve Lynchet sem tudja helyettesíteni, nemhogy Richie Samborát. A Nightwish „fekete lova”, Tuomas ... «Hardrock, Nov 14»
NAMED AND SHAMED: Sussex Police reveal names of 98 drink …
Ayubi, from Lynchet Close, Brighton, pleaded guilty to drink-driving. He was banned from the roads for 12 months and ordered to pay a £180 ... «Crawley News, Nov 14»
Court Results: Bassetlaw and Rotherham areas
Lisa Siddons, 41, of Lynchet Lane, Worksop: Failed to comply with requirements of community order by failing to attend appointments. «Worksop Today, Sep 14»
NAMED AND SHAMED: Sussex Police reveal names of 28 …
Ayubi, of Lynchet Close, Brighton, was charged with drink driving and released on bail to appear at Brighton Magistrates' Court on 7 August. «Crawley News, Jun 14»
RICHARD WILLIAMSON: Country walk: Chantry Post to Harrow Hill
At certain times of low- level sunlight you can see the parallel bars on the fields which are the 2,500-year-old lynchet or field banks of the Iron or ... «Worthing Herald, Mar 14»
Travellers leave mess behind after leaving Sheepcote Valley
The traveller liaison team is also negotiating a leaving date with occupants of an encampment on land next to Lynchet Close in Hollingbury to ... «The Argus, Jan 14»
Brighton allotment owner claims travellers blocking gardeners from …
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “Police are aware of a group of caravans in Lynchet Close car park who arrived on Monday around 10am. «The Argus, Oct 13»
The value of hedges in a sports and amenity environ
Hedges planted upon a lynchet (a medieval bank) or embankment, perhaps with ditches on one or both sides, are almost invariably of ... «Pitchcare, Nov 12»