Monument record MLI84283 - Military Railway, Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without

Summary

Cropmark remains of a First World War narrow gauge military railway at Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without.

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Cropmarks of a curvilinear feature, identified on aerial photographs by the National Mapping Programme, who interpreted the feature as the remains of a possible medieval boundary. {1} The line of this cropmark follows the route of part of a former narrow gauge railway line, that served the army camp in Belton Park during the First World War. {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK9237: LI.732.3.1.
  •  Map: Ministry of War. 1915. Belton Park Camp in 1915. Digital. -.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 9347 3722 (101m by 397m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish LONDONTHORPE AND HARROWBY WITHOUT, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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