Monument record MLI33355 - Cropmark enclosures and linear features, Pointon and Sempringham
Summary
Cropmark enclosures and linear features near Cobshorne Farm, Pointon and Sempringham.
Type and Period (1)
- ENCLOSURE (Undated)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
'String of beads' or 'clothesline' enclosures of unknown date, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs in Pointon and Sempringham. The cropmarks take the form of small subsquare enclosures butted onto man-made watercourses, which drain the small valley streams flowing from the slightly undulating ground to the west of the Fens. There are 3 main groupings of these enclosures along the same sinuous watercourse in the field at TF1224 3086, TF 1230 3060, and TF 1243 3051. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI2146 Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. DOWSBY. -,1977, -.
- <2> SLI154 Aerial Photograph: PICKERING, J.. 1962-86. RCHME. I14-15,1977, .
- <3> SLI173 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AAA 43, 48.
- <4> SLI193 Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 1516-6,7,1977, .
- <5> SLI193 Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 1788-17,18,1979, .
- <6> SLI626 Article in Serial: PICKERING, J.. 1995. CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY. VOL 145 P 22.
- <7> SLI626 Article in Serial: PICKERING, J.. 1995. CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY. VOL 145 P 22.
- <8> SLI89 Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. TF1230/40,44.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 1229 3069 (461m by 549m) Estimated from Sources |
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Civil Parish | POINTON AND SEMPRINGHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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