Monument record MLI33305 - Enclosures and Ditches, Billingborough

Summary

Enclosures and ditches seen in cropmarks, possibly later prehistoric in date.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • (Undated)
  • ? (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC? to 42 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A series of irregular and rectangular enclosures and ditches visible on J. Pickering aerial photographs either side of a long sinuous cropmark feature, perhaps a ditch or a stream. Part of a sequence of cropmarks running east to west across the fen edge towards the higher land and the modern village of Billingborough. The sinuous ditch appears to link these cropmarks with similar cropmarks to the east (PRN33309) and to the west (PRN32972).{1}{2}{3} The cropmark morphology would suggest the sites date to the later prehistoric. {4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. BILLINGBOROUGH. -,1977, -.
  •  Aerial Photograph: PICKERING, J.. 1962-86. RCHME. I16-7,1977, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: HARTLEY, R.F.R.. 1980-92. LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. 3308-22A,1981, .
  •  Verbal Communication: Mark Bennet. 2012. Information from Mark Bennet. 27/12/2012.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 1252 3442 (320m by 232m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish BILLINGBOROUGH, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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