Monument record MLI60357 - Possible Roman villa site, south of the Foss Way
Summary
Possible Roman villa site, south of the Foss Way
Type and Period (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
OS RECORDS AIR PHOTO. ROMAN OCCUPATION SITE? CROPMARKS MARKED ON MAP, BUT NO FURTHER INFORMATION. THE MARKED CROPMARKS APPEAR TO SHOW A BUILDING WITHIN A SUB-RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE. THE BUILDING APPEARS TO BE A REGULAR RECTANGULAR SHAPE EAST-WEST, WITH A WING AT THE WEST END PROTRUDING TO THE SOUTH. POSSIBLY THE SITE OF A VILLA, LYING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FOSS WAY? {1}
The sketch of the cropmarks on the six inch SMR map comes from the original sketch by C. W. Phillips of the OS who saw the photograph. {2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI3195 Index: SMR FILE. NORTH HYKEHAM. SK 96 NW: G,1976, RWH.
- <2> SLI2089 Index: PHILLIPS, C.W.. C.W. PHILLIPS PRIVATE INDEX. Map LXXVIII.NW.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 9297 6571 (154m by 91m) |
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Civil Parish | NORTH HYKEHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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