Monument record MLI116038 - Cropmark ring ditches east of Broad Gate, 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
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 a group of cropmarks to the south (PRN 25800) which, if 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 2780 1889 (268m by 218m) |
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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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