Monument record MLI50563 - CROPMARKS OF POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT, SOUTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD FARM
Summary
CROPMARKS OF POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT, SOUTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD FARM
Type and Period (3)
- TRACKWAY (Undated)
- ENCLOSURE (Undated)
- SETTLEMENT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
CROPMARKS OF A POSSIBLY MULTI-PERIOD SETTLEMENT SOUTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD FARM AND SOUTH OF A PREHISTORIC AND ROMANO-BRITISH SITE (PRN 50562, 50721). THE MAIN COMPLEX CONSISTS OF SMALL REGULAR RECTANGULAR DITCHED ENCLOSURES POSSIBLY REPRESENTING BUILDINGS AND POSSIBLY FIELD BOUNDARIES, WITH TRACES OF DOUBLE-DITCHED TRACKWAYS. TO THE EAST OF THE MAIN COMPLEX ARE TRACES OF IRREGULAR (OVOID) DITCHED ENCLOSURES WITH POSSIBLE INTERNAL CIRCULAR FEATURES, AND CURVILINEAR DOUBLE-?DITCHED TRACKWAYS OR POSSIBLE PALAEOCHANNELS. CROPMARKS SEEN ON 1977 PAUL EVERSON AP. {1}~ PROBABLE PREHISTORIC CROPMARK BOUNDARIES. {2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI196 Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 5157/12,1977, .
- <2> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TA0601:LI.484.9-10.1-4,1994, .
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TA 0669 0114 (258m by 153m) |
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Civil Parish | NORTH KELSEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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