Monument record MLI34114 - Bronze Age features, Meadow Drove
Summary
Bronze Age features, Meadow Drove
Type and Period (5)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)
- PIT (Early Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)
- RING DITCH (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1001 BC)
- PIT (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1001 BC)
- POST HOLE (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1001 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 34114
Much pottery concentrated within a dark soilmark on ploughed surface. Pottery mainly ranges from middle to late Bronze Age. Much of the pottery and fired clay is frost-damaged and crumbling. At least one fired clay spread appears to represent hearth material. Sundry finds include 111 animal bone fragments, 2 rubbing stones, 3 pieces of slag and assorted miscellaneous material (including daub). Many burnt cobbles on surface. Flints are probably late Neolithic to early Bronze Age in date. {1}
During evaluation and excavation centred at about TF1085 2121, several features were recorded. Sherds of early Bronze Age Collared Urn were recovered, two of which were found in a pit cut into a widespread silt layer covering First Terrace gravels. One of the sherds was decorated. A pit and a ring ditch containing middle Bronze Age pottery were also recorded. The pit had a posthole cut into the base but a relationship between the two features has not been established. Environmental sampling recovered burnt limestone pieces from the pit but not from the ring ditch or posthole, suggesting a functional significance for the pit. The ring ditch had a diameter of about 11m. No features were identified within it and no connection to a barrow could be made. If the ditch does represent a barrow, it is likely to be early Bronze Age in date, and the middle Bronze Age pottery would indicate that the ditch was still open in the later 2nd millenium BC. Environmental evidence, however, is more indicative of a domestic function. Forty three pieces of struck flint were also recovered during the works, including cores, waste flakes and a side scraper. See also PRN 35651.{2}{3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI1079 Bibliographic Reference: Hayes, P. P. and Lane, T. W.. 1992. The Fenland Project No.5: Lincolnshire Survey, the South-West Fens. BOU10.
- <2> SLI7788 Report: Archaeological Project Services. June 1999. Land adjacent to Meadow Drove, Bourne. BMD97 BMD98.
- <3> SLI7789 Report: Archaeological Project Services. June 1999. Land adjacent to Meadow Drove, Bourne. LCNCC 304.97.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 1083 2120 (200m by 200m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BOURNE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (7)
- Event - Survey: Fenland Survey Field Walking (ELI595)
- Event - Survey: Land adjacent to Meadow Drove, Bourne (ELI3054)
- Event - Survey: Land adjacent to Meadow Drove, Bourne (ELI3055)
- Event - Intervention: Land adjacent to Meadow Drove, Bourne (ELI3057)
- Event - Survey: Land adjacent to Meadow Drove, Bourne (ELI3060)
- Event - Intervention: Land adjacent to Meadow Drove, Bourne (ELI3061)
- Event - Intervention: Land adjacent to Meadow Drove, Bourne (ELI3069)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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