Monument record MLI34692 - CROPMARKS OF POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT ENCLOSURES, SOUTH OF STAMFORD ROAD

Summary

CROPMARKS OF POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT ENCLOSURES, SOUTH OF STAMFORD ROAD

Type and Period (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

CROPMARKS OF 3 OVOID AND SUB-RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURES WITH EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL FEATURES, SUB-DIVISIONS AND PITS, ALSO PARTS OF 2 OTHER CURVILINEAR FEATURES POSSIBLY ALSO ENCLOSURES TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE MORE PROMINANT CROPMARKS; SEEN ON APs FROM THE 1950s ONWARDS. POSSIBLY PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT REMAINS? THOUGH PROXIMITY TO AN EARLY BRONZE AGE BARROW CEMETERY (PRN 33508) AND A PREHISTORIC PIT ALIGNMENT (PRN 34258) MAY SUGGEST A RELIGIOUS OR RITUAL FUNCTION. MAPPED BY RCHM IN 1960 IN 'A MATTER OF TIME'. {2}{4}{5}{6} TO THE EAST OF TALLINGTON FIVE IRREGULAR ROUNDED ENCLOSURES WITH MANY PITS IN AND AROUND THEM MAY INDICATE IRON AGE SETTLEMENTS. {1}{3}~, HTM 14M

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. TALLINGTON. TF 00 NE:10,1964, DA.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1960. A Matter of Time. Fig 7 Nos.20-22,27-28.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1960. A Matter of Time. pp36,37.51,58; Plate 3b.
  •  Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. HA 0067,0069-0071,1951, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. JG 42-44,47-48,1952, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: HAYES, J.T.. 1953-87. RCHM. AP 9, AP 13,1987, .

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 0980 0855 (151m by 156m)
Civil Parish TALLINGTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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