Site Event/Activity record ELI13722 - Magnetometry Survey at land at Rectory Farm, Grantham
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 89434 37001 (684m by 1211m) Surveyed |
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Civil Parish | GRANTHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Civil Parish | BARROWBY, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Technique(s)
- Magnetometry Survey
Organisation
GSB Prospection
Date
From 04 Sep 2012 to 26 Sep 2012 (between)
Description
A magnetometry survey was conducted on land at Rectory Farm, Grantham, to inform the proposed construction of a residential development. A multiphase settlement was encountered in the north of the site, comprising a dense group of rectilinear anomalies containing at least three possible ring ditches to the east, and a more dispersed group of similar features further west, which appears to continue beyond the limit of the survey area. The western group included a concentric double ring ditch. Stretching southwards across the site from these settlements was a large rectilinear land division with a possible pit alignment at its southern end, suggested to be of Bronze Age date. Both north-south and east-west aligned ridge and furrow was noted across the entire survey area. Post-Medieval quarries were also observed close to Rectory Farm and towards the southern end of the site. {1}
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Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SLI17223 Report: GSB Prospection. 2012. Geophysical Survey Report: Land at Rectory Farm, Grantham. -.
Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
- MLI126163 Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Field System (Monument)
- MLI126164 Post-medieval quarry, Barrowby (Monument)
- MLI82414 Prehistoric cropmark pit alignment, north of A52 (Monument)
- MLI88482 Ridge and Furrow, Rectory Farm, Grantham (Monument)
- MLI126167 Romano-British settlement activity at Rectory Farm, Grantham (Monument)
Record last edited
Jun 13 2025 10:20AM