Site Event/Activity record ELI85 - Excavations at Tattershall Thorpe hillfort

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 2242 5985 (58m by 76m)
Civil Parish TATTERSHALL THORPE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Archaeological Excavation

Organisation

North Lincolnshire Archaeological Unit

Date

winter 1979-80

Map

Description

Peter Chowne, on behalf of the NLAU, carried out emergency excavations in advance of quarrying on the site of a double ditched enclosure in Tattershall Thorpe. Only the areas of the site under immediate threat from gravel extraction were investigated. {1}{2}

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Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1980. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1979' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.15, p.79.
  •  Article in Serial: CHOWNE, P., GIRLING, M. AND GRIEG, J.. 1986. PROCEEDINGS OF THE PREHISTORIC SOCIETY. vol.52, pp.159-88.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Small multivallate enclosure, 340m south of North Road Farm, Tattershall Thorpe (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 20 2017 12:46PM

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