Monument record MLI52579 - Linear Feature and Enclosure Cropmarks, Newton on Trent

Summary

Cropmarks of extensive linear features and enclosures, to the south of Newton on Trent.

Type and Period (6)

  • (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

There are many cropmark features in this area, including some which may be part of a medieval field system, and others from later field boundaries. To the south of these is a complex of enclosures and double ditched linear features, all at a different orientation to the modern road and field boundaries. {1}{2} Considerably more extensive cropmarks were identified during analysis of aerial photographs in 2010. The features recorded included a large number of ditches, field boundaries, trackways and linear features, along with a number of enclosures and possible pit features. Whilst the dating is unconfirmed, the features were thought likely to date to the Iron Age or Roman periods. {3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AGF 67-71 (1962), AHO 79 (1963).
  •  Aerial Photograph: RILEY, D.N.. 1938-84. RCHME. 863/23,24,1976, .
  •  Report: Deegan, Alison. 2010. Air Photo Mapping for Land at Newton on Trent. Features 17-21.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 8357 7352 (544m by 766m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish NEWTON ON TRENT, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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