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Summary

Linear and curvilinear banks and terracing are visible to the north and south of St Michaels Parish Church, Loxhore Town as earthworks on images derived from lidar data. The earthworks may be evidence of former enclosures and building platforms associated with a previously more extensive settlement, possible of medieval date.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of a shrunken settlement and hollow way, indicated by LiDAR Survey, north of St Michael's Church, Loxhore

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
• SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
• FORMAL GARDEN? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

National Trust, 1985-1988, Arlington Estate: Historic Building Records, A1/10 (Un-published). SDV354537.

Loxhore is a shrunken hamlet evidenced by building platforms in the fields between North and South Town Farms.

Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.

Linear and curvilinear banks and terracing are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., 2025, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project and related lidar and aerial photograph interpretations (Interpretation). SDV366411.

Linear and curvilinear banks and terracing are visible on images derived from lidar data as earthworks to the north, south and south-west of St Michaels Parish Church. The relict earthworks may define former enclosures, building platforms and a road or hollow way indicative of, and associated with, a previously more extensive settlement at Loxhore Town. This may be supported by probably contemporary widespread relict strip fields in the same area.
The relict earthworks immediately south of St Michaels Church are very regular in plan, and could alternatively indicate post-medieval landscaping, possibly as part of a formal garden.

Horner, B., 2025, Lidar interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366415.

Earthworks of a possible shrunken medieval settlement. Alternatively, the earthworks could be evidence of landscaping. South of church, but possibly more widespread. The name Loxhore Town on the Tithe Map could be a fanciful name for a hamlet?

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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