Monument record MLI22081 - CROPMARKS, BELL TUNNEL
Summary
CROPMARKS, BELL TUNNEL
Type and Period (4)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- INDUSTRIAL SITE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
At TF251166 and TF262168 - crop marks north of Cowbit House, Deeping St Nicholas and south of Cowbit. Visited in February 1952. Area of peaty clay soil with raised silt, peaty, and clay patches. No Roman remains. {1}{3}{4}{5} Both indicated areas under crop. No visual evidence.{1} COWBIT BELL TUNNEL, LOOSE GROUP OF ENCLOSURES AND FIELDS ON GRID LAY-OUT, TWO WITH CONCENTRIC INTERNAL ENCLOSURES. THERE ARE ALSO MULTIPLE PARALLEL DITCHES, WHICH MAY BE PREHISTORIC OR RB LINEAR FEATURES, SUCH AS DROVE ROADS, OR THE REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL/POST MEDIEVAL DYKES.
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI2465 Index: OS CARD INDEX. DEEPING ST NICHOLAS. TF 21 NE:3,20,1965, D.A..
- <2> SLI2984 Index: SMR FILE. DEEPING ST NICHOLAS. TF 21 NE:T -.
- <3> SLI111 Aerial Photograph: ST JOSEPH, J.K.S.. 1945-79. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. ACL45,1961, .
- <4> SLI2984 Index: SMR FILE. DEEPING ST NICHOLAS. TF 21 NE:O,1976, R.W.H..
- <5> SLI2236 Index: 1966. EAST MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN. P 14.
- <6> SLI2141 Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. COWBIT. - -.
- <7> SLI3705 Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 6 SHEET F.
- <8> SLI63 Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 2616 P 281.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 2635 1691 (485m by 578m) |
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Civil Parish | COWBIT, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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