Monument record MLI33545 - IRON AGE? SETTLEMENT, PIT ALIGNMENT
Summary
IRON AGE? SETTLEMENT, PIT ALIGNMENT
Type and Period (3)
- ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- RING DITCH (Undated)
- PIT ALIGNMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Cropmarks on aerial photographs probably indicating a settlement, show an irregularly rounded enclosure enclosing a circle, at TF083075, beside the river. There is another circle just to the north-east, further north a rounded enclosure with irregular ditches to the east of which, at TF082077, is a pit alignment 400 feet long. {1}{2}{3}{4}
The area, centred at TF082076, is under crop. The only St Joseph aerial photograph available was held by the Welland Valley Archaeological Research Committee field officer who said that the pit alignment is an Iron Age boundary work. {1}{5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI2808 Index: OS CARD INDEX. UFFINGTON. TF 00 NE:9,1965, SEAMAN B H.
- <2> SLI1057 Bibliographic Reference: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1960. A Matter of Time. pp30,58.
- <3> SLI111 Aerial Photograph: ST JOSEPH, J.K.S.. 1945-79. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. WW 52-56 (WN 52-56?),1958, .
- <4> SLI111 Aerial Photograph: ST JOSEPH, J.K.S.. 1945-79. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. XN 80-81,1958, .
- <5> SLI5030 Verbal Communication: SIMPSON, W.G.. 1965. -.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 082 075 (312m by 348m) |
---|---|
Civil Parish | UFFINGTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
External Links (0)
Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
Feedback?
Your feedback is welcome. If you can provide any new information about this record, please contact us.