Monument record MLI85482 - Possible Roman Farmstead, Somersby

Summary

Cropmarks of a possible Roman farmstead to the east of Somersby.

Type and Period (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Undated cropmark trackways, enclosures and field boundaries, located to the east of Somersby, have been identified from aerial photography. {1} This complex of cropmarks has been interpreted as an example of a Romano-British settlement of nucleated form, with well-defined limits, that lacks the strict rectilinearity of villa sites. As such it is probably best regarded as a Roman farmstead, with part of its field system, forming an element within the wider Roman settlement pattern within the Lymn valley recorded as cropmarks. {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF3572:LI.17.4.1-4.
  •  Article in Monograph: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. 'Romano-British settlements on the Lincolnshire Wolds', in Lincolnshire's Archaeology from the Air. pp.69-80, esp. Fig.8.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 3527 7243 (1145m by 759m)
Non Parish Area Bag Enderby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Civil Parish SOMERSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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