Monument record MLI86222 - Bank and ditch running parallel to the Waddington/Bracebridge Heath parish boundary
Summary
Bank and ditch running parallel to the Waddington/Bracebridge Heath parish boundary
Type and Period (3)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- MULTIPLE DITCH SYSTEM ? (Early Iron Age to Early Medieval/Dark Age - 800 BC? to 1065 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
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During archaeological works on the construction of a water pipeline from Bracebridge Heath to Dunston, a broad ridge was noted running parallel, about 10-25m to the west, to the hedgerow which forms the parish boundary between Waddington and Bracebridge Heath. The northern edge of the ridge appears to coincide with a 90 degree turn in the parish boundary. The area was excavated (Area B). Eight metres west of the ridge was a ditch which produced two sherds of late Iron Age and early Romano-British pottery, and first and second century pottery from later fills. There may be further ditches, as yet unknown, and so would be similar in form to the multiple-ditched systems known elsewhere in the county. It is suggested that the modern parish boundary follows a prehistoric estate or territory boundary. It seems that the ditch was subsequently deliberately back-filled at the end of the Iron Age, and may represent an attempt by the Romans to assert dominance over the local population (as at Brauncewell). It may have remained a visible landscape feature or traditional boundary, and was adopted as the parish boundary in the late Saxon period. {1}{2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI6048 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. April 2000. Archaeological monitoring and excavations: Dunston nitrate blending scheme. BDM98, pp.6-7, 18-19.
- <2> SLI6050 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. April 2000. Archaeological monitoring and excavations: Dunston nitrate blending scheme. LCNCC 96.98.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 9839 6645 (104m by 136m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WADDINGTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | BRACEBRIDGE HEATH, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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