Monument record MLI50592 - PIT ALIGNMENT SOUTH OF NORTON LANE

Summary

PIT ALIGNMENT SOUTH OF NORTON LANE

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Cropmarks of an alignment of more than 33 single pits, aligned north to south along the dip slope, and showing a slight realignment to the north-north-east at the northern end. Several gaps are apparent along its length. The line is visible for 450m from SK97719177 to SK97739133, with the change of direction at SK97709172. Seen on a Tom Hayes aerial photograph of 1959, and on Paul Everson aerial photographs of 1977 and 1979. {1}{2}{3}{4}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Article in Serial: Dilwyn Jones. 1988. 'Aerial Reconnaissance and Prehistoric and Romano-British Archaeology in Northern Lincolnshire - A Sample Survey' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL23 P19;FIGS8,17;APP 14.
  •  Article in Monograph: Paul Everson and Tom Hayes. 1984. 'Lincolnshire from the Air' in A Prospect of Lincolnshire. PP33,35.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. BISHOP NORTON. SK 99 SE: C DFP.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2970/32,1979, .
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK9791:LI.595.1.1,1994, .

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 9770 9154 (71m by 526m)
Civil Parish BISHOP NORTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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