Monument record MLI116037 - Cropmark ring ditches south-east of Elmtree Farm in Weston
Summary
Cropmark ring ditches in Weston, possibly Iron Age / Roman round houses.
Type and Period (3)
- ENCLOSURE (Undated)
- RING DITCH (Undated)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) ? (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC? to 409 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
25800
Cropmarks seen on aerial photographs on the Google maps website. A number of enclosures and circular cropmarks, several of them overlapping each other. The circular cropmarks have been interpreted as ring ditches. They may be evidence of late Iron Age and/or Roman settlement or salt making activity. They could potentially be early Bronze Age barrows but the cropmarks are similar to other groups of cropmarks to the north which, if all interconnected, would form one of the largest Bronze Age cemeteries in Europe and so this latter interpretation is not preferred. {1}{2}
There are extinct water courses in the vicinity and the cropmarks are on the high point of a large roddon running approximately north to south. {3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI11533 Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 12/11/2015.
- <2> SLI15191 Electronic Communication: Peter Chowne. 2015. Information from Peter Chowne. 19 June 2015.
- <3> SLI11584 Digital Archive: Environment Agency. 2006. Environment Agency Lidar Scans. -.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 2759 1824 (272m by 289m) |
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Civil Parish | WESTON, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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