Monument record MLI34835 - LATE IRON AGE SETTLEMENT NORTH OF MILL DROVE BOURNE
Summary
LATE IRON AGE SETTLEMENT NORTH OF MILL DROVE BOURNE
Type and Period (3)
- SETTLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- DROVE ROAD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 34835
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF THE AREA IDENTIFIED TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF ENCLOSURES. THE VARIATION IN THE CLARITY OF THESE DITCHES MAY REFLECT RECUTTING OF THE ENCLOSURE DITCHES DURING MORE THAN ONE PHASE OF ACTIVITY. THEIR MORPHOLOGY SUGGESTS THAT THEY MAY LATE PREHISTORIC IN DATE. {6} EXCAVATIONS DEFINED A LARGE AND COMPLEX ARRANGEMENT OF ENCLOSURE DITCHES, GULLIES, PITS AND POST-HOLES DATING TO THE IRON AGE AND ROMANO-BRITISH PERIODS. TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF DITCHED ENCLOSURES WERE LOCATED AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE PLOT, C.80-90M APART, PROBABLY BELONGING TO THE SAME SETTLEMENT COMPLEX.A MULTI-PHASE DITCH WAS DUG IN THE MIDDLE IRON AGE, WHICH DEFINED THE OUTER BOUNDARY OF THE LATER SETTLEMENT. THE CENTRE OF A LATE IRON AGE/EARLY ROMAN SETTLEMENT WAS SITED ON THE RISING GROUND AT, ANDALMOST CERTAINLY BEYOND, THE NORTHERN END OF THE SITE. AN INFANT BURIAL WAS ALSO DISCOVERED, DATING TO THE LATE IRON AGE/EARLY ROMAN PERIOD. {5}{3}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI696 Article in Serial: F.N. Field and I. George. 1994. Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 29 P 46.
- <2> SLI1924 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1994. Mill Drove, Bourne: An Archaeological Evaluation. -.
- <3> SLI1658 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1995. Excavation of a Late Iron Age/ Romano-British Settlement at Mill Drove, Bourne. LCNCC 5.94.
- <4> SLI697 Article in Serial: F.N. Field and I. George. 1995. Archaeology in Lincolnshire. VOL 30 P 47.
- <5> SLI1925 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1995. Excavation of a Late Iron Age/ Romano-British Settlement at Mill Drove, Bourne. -.
- <6> SLI3488 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1994. Land at Mill Drove, Bourne: An Archaeological Assessment. -.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TF 1030 2125 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BOURNE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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