Monument record MLI88451 - Possible Iron Age/Romano-British farmstead, Westborough and Dry Doddington
Summary
Possible Iron Age/Romano-British farmstead, Westborough and Dry Doddington
Type and Period (4)
- HUT CIRCLE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- BOUNDARY (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
36648
[Incorporates record 30198]
An area of cropmarks seen in aerial photographs by Jim Pickering. At least ten small enclosures beside a long boundary ditch as well as a a group of probable field boundaries and small rectangular enclosures at the southern end of the boundary ditch. There is a sketch in source 1. {1}{2}{3}
Multiple probable unknown prehistoric cropmark enclosures and hut circle and possible unknown prehistoric cropmark maculae and boundary, possibly indicating Iron Age/Romano-British farmstead/settlement, seen on aerial photographs and recorded by the National Mapping Programme. {4}
A small part of this complex was examined and revealed middle Iron Age ditches and gullies see PRN36595.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI742 Article in Serial: PICKERING, J.. 1972. 'Cropmarks seen in the upper Witham valley, north west of Grantham' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.7, p.14, fig.V.
- <2> SLI3376 Index: SMR FILE. WESTBOROUGH AND DRY DODDINGTON. SK84NE: O.
- <3> SLI114 Aerial Photograph: DAVEY. SK8746-1-2.
- <4> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8746: LI.716.52.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 87867 46859 (441m by 476m) Centre |
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Civil Parish | WESTBOROUGH AND DRY DODDINGTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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