Monument record MLI22157 - FIELD SYSTEM AND DROVES, WEST OF FLAG LANE, WHAPLODE
Summary
FIELD SYSTEM AND DROVES, WEST OF FLAG LANE, WHAPLODE
Type and Period (3)
- DROVE ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A wide group of fields, smaller enclosures and droves seen as cropmarks on APs west of Flag Lane, Whaplode, visited in December 1950. Area partly ploughed, partly under grass, yielded only three sherds. No other traces of occupation. {1}{2} DROVES RADIATING NORTH WEST, NORTH EAST, SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH WEST FROM CROSS ROADS, SMALL DITCHED ENCLOSURES IN WEST AND EAST ANGLES AND ALONG WEST OF NORTH EAST DROVE, AFTER IT TURNS NORTH. DROVE TO THE SOUTH WEST EDGED BY LONGISH FIELDS. {3}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI2838 Index: OS CARD INDEX. WHAPLODE. TF 31 NW:13,1965, J.B..
- <2> SLI661 Article in Serial: PETCH, D.F.. 1962. 'Archaeological Notes for 1961' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL 9 NS P 2 AND 10.
- <3> SLI63 Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 3116, 3115 P 305.
- <4> SLI3378 Index: SMR FILE. WHAPLODE. TF 31 NW:T -.
- <5> SLI3705 Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 7 SHEET G.
- <6> SLI173 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. YF5,6,10,1959, .
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 3158 1681 (1226m by 1810m) |
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Civil Parish | WHAPLODE, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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