Site Event/Activity record ELI12856 - Burgh Road, Skegness

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 5476 6466 (645m by 499m) (Estimated from sources)
Civil Parish SKEGNESS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Magnetometry Survey

Organisation

GSB Prospection

Date

From 09 Apr 2014 to 11 Apr 2014 (between)

Map

Description

A fluxgate gradiometer survey was conducted to inform the proposed construction of a new holiday caravan park on land to the north of Burgh Road, Skegness. A system of probable rectangular enclosures was recorded in the northern half of the survey area, along with traces of medieval ridge and furrow in the southern half. A concentration of magnetic anomalies, thought to have possible human origin, were also recorded in the south-western corner of the site. {1} Subsequent trial trenching in this area confirmed the presence of medieval ridge and furrow in the southern part of the site, and identified two ditches of unknown date and a spread of post-medieval dumped material in the south-western corner. The suspected system of rectangular enclosures in the northern half of the site was, however, resolved as a series of modern land drains and disturbance (see ELI12857).

External Links (0)

Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Report: GSB Prospection. 2014. Burgh Road, Skegness. -.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Post-Medieval Dumped Deposit, Burgh Road, Skegness (Monument)
  • Ridge and Furrow, Burgh Road, Skegness (Monument)
  • Undated Ditches, Burgh Road, Skegness (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 1 2017 12:28PM

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