Find Spot record MLI81868 - One of two dug-out boats from Nocton Delph (Nocton 2)

Summary

One of two dug-out boats from Nocton Delph (Nocton 2)

Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

61780 Two dug-out boats were recovered from Nocton Delph. One of them (Nocton 2) was 14 feet long and double-ended, found in 1790 in Nocton Delph, c.80 yards from Nocton 1 at a depth of three feet. Trollope states that both the boats were donated to the British Museum by Joseph Banks, and the finding of the boats was dated by him to 1811, and puts the findspot at the Car Dyke. {1}{2}{3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: SMR FILE NOCTON. NOCTON. TF 06 SE:AD; AJW; 1976.
  •  Graphic Material: Illustrations of dug-out boats from Nocton Delph. -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. page 81.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: A.J. White. 1978. Dug-out Boats from Lincolnshire and South Humberside.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 099 648 (point)
Civil Parish DUNSTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish NOCTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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