Monument record MLI127380 - Late Iron Age or Roman ditches, Stamford West

Summary

Two ditches of possible Late Iron Age or Roman date on land at Stamford West.

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Full Description

Two parallel undated ditches on a southwest-northeast alignment, visible as cropmarks on satellite imagery. The eastern ditch is short, measuring possibly 50m in length. {1} Linear anomalies consistent with the cropmark ditches were encountered during a programme of geophysical survey at this location in November 2011. {2} Both ditches were encounterd during subsequent trial trenching in February-March 2012. Three sherds of Roman pottery were recovered from the western ditch, suggesting a 2nd to 3rd century AD date. Radiocarbon dating of a fragment of charcoal recovered from the eastern ditch returned a date of 341-328 (1.3%) and 204-40 (94.1%) BC, so it is not certain that the ditches are contemporary. {3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Website: Google. 2001->. Google Earth, Maps and Street View. Accessed 14/11/2024.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2011. Land at Stamford West: Geophysical Survey. -.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2012. Archaeological Evaluation: Stamford West Field, Stamford. APS Site Code: STWF 11.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2011. Archaeological Evaluation: Stamford West Field, Stamford. LCNCC: 2011.418.

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Grid reference Centred TF 0128 0675 (132m by 165m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish STAMFORD, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Nov 15 2024 10:38AM

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