Lynchet
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A lynchet or linchet is an earth terrace found on the side of a hill. Lynchets are a feature of ancient field systems of the British Isles. They are commonly found in vertical rows and more commonly r
Lynchet system near Bishopstone in Wiltshire
The slope of a prehistoric lynchet at West Dean, West Sussex
A lidar view of Medieval ridge and furrow and associated lynchets and strip lynchets at Heddon Hill in Northumberland
Lynchets above the village of Loders, Dorset
Links (golf)
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A links is the oldest style of golf course, first developed in Scotland. Links courses are generally built on sandy coastland that offers a firmer playing surface than parkland and heathland courses.
Lynchet
…The word is the diminutive form of lynch, now rarely appearing in the English language, indicating an agricultural terrace; it is cognate with the golf links. However, both "lynchet" and "lynch" may also be used to refer to a strip of green land left between two pieces of ploughed land on non-sloping ground…
St Andrews Links, Fife, Scotland
The 18th hole at the Old Head Golf Links on the Old Head of Kinsale