Monument record MLI127456 - Roman Rectlinear Enclosures with Linear Features Representing a Possible Field System, Fiskerton
Summary
An area of rectlinear enclosures with associated linear features identified during magnetometry and trial trenching at Fiskerton. Finds recovered were of Roman date.
Type and Period (3)
- DITCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Geophysical magnetometry survey in 2020 recorded an area of rectilinear enclosures with associated linear features. The features are collectively suggestive of a former field system, and although no date has been suggested the regular, rectilinear nature is suggestive of a Roman or later date. The features were found to be truncated or masked by the remains of RAF Fiskerton, and may be truncated by ridge and furrow to the south. {1}
A follow up scheme of trial trenching partially targeted on the geophysical anomolies recorded intercutting and parallel ditches, along with a small quantity of Roman pottery, worked animal bone (pig, sheep/goat), although environmental sampling did not produce any archaeologically significant finds. {2}{3}
It seems likely the site represents Roman agricultural activity. Only two sherds of pottery were recovered, one seemingly being part of a Roman flagon, and the other of more uncertain date being of possible very late Iron Age or Roman date.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI18697 Report: Archaeology England. 2020. Geophysical Survey on Land North of Fiskerton. -.
- <2> SLI18698 Report: Archaeology England. 2021. Archaeological Field Evaluation, Old Airfield, Reepham Road, Fiskerton. -.
- <3> SLI18699 Archive: Archaeology England. 2021. Archaeological Field Evaluation, Old Airfield, Reepham Road, Fiskerton. LCNCC 2021.188.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 0417 7258 (408m by 411m) Estimated from Sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FISKERTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2025 11:48AM
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