Medieval lynchets. Cattle grazing on limestone downland near Worth Matravers in Dorset, UK. The terraces seen here are known as strip lynchets, a type

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Medieval lynchets. Cattle grazing on limestone downland near Worth Matravers in Dorset, UK. The terraces seen here are known as strip lynchets, a type of medieval agricultural terracing. A lynchet is a bank of earth that builds up on the downslope of a field that has been ploughed for a long period of time.

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Keywords: animal, animals, black, burren, cattle, cows, eire, fauna, grazing, head, ireland, limestone, livestock, mammal, mammals, nature, pasture, pavement, zoological, zoology