Monument record MLI34100 - CROPMARK SITE NORTH-EAST OF FOSTON

Summary

CROPMARK SITE NORTH-EAST OF FOSTON

Type and Period (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

THREE OR PERHAPS FIVE SMALL ROUND OR SUB-RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURES, ADJACENT TO A LONG DITCH; IN THE SAME AREA A PIT ALIGNMENT. {1} The complex includes a linear boundary ditch aligned east to west, with at least two entrances and several small enclosures situated to the north, some abutting. Two small, circular enclosures were interpreted as hut circles. North of the boundary ditch are a pair of pit alignments set at right angles to one another. {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Article in Serial: PICKERING, J.. 1972. 'Cropmarks seen in the upper Witham valley, north west of Grantham' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 7 P 14.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8743 LI.739.30.1-12.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 8694 4368 (476m by 205m)
Civil Parish FOSTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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