Monument record MLI22214 - ROMANO-BRITISH FIELD SYSTEM

Summary

ROMANO-BRITISH FIELD SYSTEM

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Small Roman fields, ditches and a deep channel, visible on AP's as relief marks under grass, west of Raven's Gate, Holbeach Fen, surveyed in March 1952. A rectilinear ditch of possible medieval date surrounds the north field. This might be Stukeley's moated '… square of high ground' … 'in pasture called Anytofts…'{1}{2}{3}{4} The area is under crop, no medieval ditch is visible, but the north field is surrounded by a modern drainage ditch and there may be an early misidentification. The farmer of the indicated area, expected finds to be made and walked behind the plough.{1}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. HOLBEACH. TF 32 SW:8,1965, D.A..
  •  Bibliographic Reference: STUKELEY, W.. 1724. ITINERARIUM CURIOSUM. VOL 1 P 12.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: STUKELEY, W.. 1789. BRITANNIA. VOL 2 P 234-5.
  •  Index: SMR FILE HOLBEACH. HOLBEACH. TF 32 SW:C,1979, WHITE, A.J..
  •  Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ P 313.
  •  Index: NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD. HOLBEACH. TF 32 SW:8,1984, BTH.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 3469 2060 (787m by 763m)
Civil Parish HOLBEACH, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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