Monument record MLI34760 - CROPMARK ENCLOSURES, EAST OF CROSS ROAD

Summary

CROPMARK ENCLOSURES, EAST OF CROSS ROAD

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

CROPMARKS OF A LARGE REGULAR SLIGHTLY TRAPEZOIDAL DITCHED ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 92M LONG BY 80M WIDE AT THE SOUTHERN END AND 60M WIDE AT THE NORTHERN END, WITH A SINGLE LINEAR DITCH RUNNING FROM THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER NORTHWARDS AND VISIBLE AS FAR AS LANGTOFT DRAIN ROAD. WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE IS A DOUBLE-DITCHED NEAR-SQUARE ENCLOSURE WITH SIDES OF APPROXIMATELY 20M; AND PARTS OF A REGULAR RECTANGULAR DITCHED ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 30M LONG BY 18M WIDE. APPROXIMATELY 50M TO THE SOUTH OF THE LARGE ENCLOSURE IS A SMALL RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE ABOUT 26M LONG BY 12M WIDE (POSSIBLY THE REMAINS OF A RECENT AGRICULTURAL BUILDING?). PART OF A CROPMARK COMPLEX EXTENDING TO THE EAST AND WEST. SEEN ON RCHM APs AND SKETCH PLOTTED AT 1:2500 FOR THE DEEPINGS BY-PASS DESKTOP STUDY - SEE PLAN IN MAP TANK. {1}{2}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Map: Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire. 1992. MARKET DEEPING BYPASS. 1:2500 PLAN IN MAP TANK.
  •  Report: Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire. 1992. Desk Top Study for the Market Deeping Bypass. ARCH. EVALUATION FILES.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1946-98. RCHME National Aerial Photograph Collection at Swindon. -.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 1520 1264 (167m by 353m)
Civil Parish MARKET DEEPING, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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