Site Event/Activity record ELI14462 - Geophysical survey on land at Churchill Avenue, Horncastle

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 25906 68817 (332m by 265m) Surveyed
Civil Parish HORNCASTLE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Magnetometry Survey

Organisation

Pre-Construct Geophysics

Date

From 17 May 2013 to 17 May 2013 (on)

Map

Description

A magnetometry survey was conducted on land at Churchill Avenue, Horncastle, to inform the proposed construction of a residential development. An extensive system of ditched enclosures and trackways was encountered, with concentrations in the north of the site. Many of the enclosures contained anomalies representing pit-like features or sites of burning such as hearths, ovens, kilns or furnaces. {1}{2} Subsequent trial trenching (see ELI14463) revealed that the enclosure complex was in fact no less concentrated in the south of the site. The geophysical survey also did not pick up on a trackway visible as a cropmark heading south past the site boundary.

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Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Report: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2013. Archaeological Geophysical Survey: Land West of Churchill Avenue, Horncastle. PCAS Site Code: CHAE 13.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Late Iron Age/Romano-British Settlement, Horncastle (Monument)

Record last edited

Jan 28 2025 11:19AM

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