Monument record MLI84566 - Prehistoric Settlement, Ruskington and Leasingham
Summary
Cropmarks of possible prehistoric settlement, Ruskington and Leasingham.
Type and Period (7)
- SETTLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC? to 409 AD?)
- ENCLOSURE (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC? to 409 AD?)
- HUT CIRCLE (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC? to 409 AD?)
- TRACKWAY (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC? to 409 AD?)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC? to 409 AD?)
- PIT (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC? to 409 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC? to 409 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A large area of cropmarks, visible on aerial photographs, and interpreted as the remains of possible prehistoric settlement by the National Mapping Programme. {1}
Faint traces of enclosures are visible on earlier aerial photographs. {2}{3}
The part of this site nearest to Moor Farm was initially interpreted as Roman by the Ordnance Survey. Later visits to the site by OS field inspectors found no evidence of Roman occupation on the ground, however, and the local farmer claimed that no evidence had ever been found. {4}
A linear anomaly, thought to represent a former boundary ditch of prehistoric or Roman date, was recorded in August 2014, during a magnetic gradiometer survey on land at Deepdale Farm, Moor Lane, Leasingham. The anomaly is aligned on a north-east to south-west axis, and appears to extend the line of one of the cropmark features previously identified by the National Mapping Programme. A number of isolated positive magnetic anomalies were also recorded in this area, and, whilst inconclusive, these anomalies could possibly represent small, pit-like features, associated with the probable settlement activity. {5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF 04 SE; 0749; 0750; LI.851.4.1-7.
- <2> SLI3238 Index: Ruskington SMR File. RUSKINGTON. TF 04 SE; W, AF, X.
- <3> SLI173 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. CJV6,10; ABK27, 29.
- <4> SLI2701 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ruskington Ordnance Survey Cards. RUSKINGTON. TF 04 NE; 32.
- <5> SLI14735 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2014. Land at Deepdale Farm, Moor Lane, Leasingham. APS site code: LEDF14.
- <6> SLI14736 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2014. Land at Deepdale Farm, Moor Lane, Leasingham. LCNCC 2014.152.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 0789 4958 (1011m by 674m) Estimated from sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LEASINGHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | RUSKINGTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Survey: Aerial photographic survey of the Roman road and surrounding land, Leasingham and Ruskington (ELI7158)
- Event - Survey: Aerial photographic survey of the Roman road, Leasingham and Ruskington (ELI7162)
- Event - Survey: Land at Deepdale Farm, Moor Lane, Leasingham (ELI12132)
- Event - Survey: Ordnance Survey field inspection west of Moor Farm, Ruskington (ELI7279)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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