Monument record MLI81847 - A probable Late Iron Age/early Roman enclosure, Brauncewell Quarry

Summary

A probable Late Iron Age/early Roman enclosure, Brauncewell Quarry

Type and Period (3)

  • (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC? to 100 AD?)
  • (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC? to 100 AD?)
  • (Roman - 43 AD? to 100 AD?)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 61821 A geophysical survey and subsequent excavation and watching brief revealed the northern and eastern arms of an enclosure. Westerly projections from a slight south-westerly bend in the eastern arm coincided with two short gully stretches recorded in a 1994 excavation, probably representing the southern arm of the enclosure. The eastern ditch of a triple ditch system (PRN 61813) was used as the western enclosure boundary, suggesting that this enclosure post-dates the construction and use of the triple ditch system. A 4m gap in the eastern arm is probably an entrance. The enclosure cuts through an earlier enclosure (PRN 61820), thought to have been in use when the triple ditch system was still active.{1}{2}{3}{4} The enclosure is trapezoidal, measuring 55m north/south and 25-35m east/west.The ditches have a v-shaped profile, and no evidence for a bank was found. The northern arm of this enclosure used the southern arm of enclosure 61820, which was probably out of use by this time. The builders of the later enclosure may also have backfilled sections of the ditch of the earlier enclosure and dismantled a structure within it. The only features within the enclosure were a possible pit and some areas of burning. A sherd of Late Iron Age pottery was found near the top of one of the enclosure ditches, providing some tentative dating.{1}{2}{3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Report: Oxford Archaeotechnics. Oct 1996. Brauncewell Limestone Quarry. BQA96.
  •  Archive: Oxford Archaeotechnics. Oct 1996. Brauncewell Limestone Quarry. LCNCC 129.96.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Jan 1998. Brauncewell Limestone Quarry Extension Excavations 1997. BQ97.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Jan 1998. Brauncewell Limestone Quarry Extension Excavations 1997. LCNCC 101.97.

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Grid reference TF 0326 5204 (point)
Civil Parish BRAUNCEWELL, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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