Monument record MLI22251 - RB SETTLEMENT CROPMARKS, FLEET DRAIN

Summary

RB SETTLEMENT CROPMARKS, FLEET DRAIN

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

At TF358162 and TF358164, St Joseph lists cropmarks of native settlements. APs show complex of enclosures, ditches, roddons etc, extending over a considerable area at approximately TF353182.{1}{2}{3}{4} No archaeological finds are known of locally from this large area, completely under crop, but from vantage point on Coy Bridge the pattern of old ditches was evident as dark streaks.{1} THE RB CROPMARKS AT FLEET DRAIN COMPRISE A LOOSE GROUP OF ENCLOSURES, MAINLY IRREGULAR, SOME RECTANUGLAR. EAST PORTION, DITCHES RADIATING FROM CENTRAL PEATY AREA. {5}{6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. FLEET. TF 31 NE:13,1965, D.A..
  •  Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. ACL36,1961, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 106G:UK;1489; 3198-9,1946, .
  •  Index: SMR FILE. FLEET. TF 31 NE:H -.
  •  Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 3516S P 310.
  •  Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 7 SHEET G.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 3566 1597 (877m by 625m)
Civil Parish FLEET, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish GEDNEY HILL, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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