Monument record MLI40092 - Cropmarks and a Bronze Age arrowhead, Roughton
Summary
Cropmarks and a Bronze Age arrowhead
Type and Period (6)
- ENCLOSURE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Undated)
- RING DITCH (Undated)
- BARROW CEMETERY ? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
- TEMPLE ? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- MAUSOLEUM ? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Barbed and tanged arrowhead found on 'Martin Moor', near Woodhall Spa. The find is in City and County Museum. Acc no. 21.35.{1}
Cropmarks seen on a P Everson aerial photograph: a square ditched enclosure with internal ring ditch, two linear ditches, another ring ditch and further features are visible in the same field. The site is mostly in Roughton parish but runs across into adjacent parishes too. {2}
A possible temple site copy of aerial photographs are now in the HER. There are also faint ring ditches evident, possibly a barrow cemetery.
The site was evaluated by the Monument Protection Programme as a possible hengiform monument or as a Roman temple/mausoleum site. It is thought that the cropmarks represent neither of these classes of monument. Given the proximity of second world war defensive sites, it has been suggested that this site is of recent origin perhaps associated with nearby searchlight batteries. {3}
The National Mapping Programme records the site as a possible unknown prehistoric cropmark site. {4}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI3396 Index: SMR FILE WOODHALL SPA. WOODHALL SPA. -,1978, -.
- <2> SLI126 Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2991:16A-18A,1977, .
- <3> SLI4783 Unpublished Document: WENT, C.. 1997. PARISH FILE. ROUGHTON. MPP INTERIM SITE REPORT.
- <4> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF2264:LI.460.1.1-2,1995, .
- <5> SLI193 Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 5165/13,15.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 2200 6473 (561m by 545m) |
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Civil Parish | ROUGHTON, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Civil Parish | WOODHALL, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Civil Parish | WOODHALL SPA, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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