Monument record MLI98652 - Sinuous cropmark complex running east to west in Billingborough parish
Summary
Sinuous cropmark complex running east to west from the higher ground towards the fen in Billingborough parish, probably prehistoric
Type and Period (3)
- ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC? to 42 AD?)
- DITCH (Undated)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC? to 42 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN39226
A series of irregular and rectangular enclosures and ditches visible on aerial photographs either side of a long sinuous cropmark feature, perhaps a ditch or a stream. There are a series of ‘clothesline’ enclosures along the length of the sinuous ditch, mostly to the north. Part of a sequence of cropmarks running west to east across the fen edge towards the higher land and the Pointon Road. At the eastern end of this series of cropmarks is a more extensive group of enclosures and ditches a part of which was excavated in 1975-78 (see PRN33304 etc). {1}{2}{3}{4}
The cropmark morphology would suggest the cropmarks enclosures and the sinuous ditch date to the later prehistoric. {5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI7301 Bibliographic Reference: Peter Chowne, Rosamund Cheal and A.P. Fitzpatrick. 2001. Excavations at Billingborough, Lincolnshire, 1975-78: a Bronze-Iron Age settlement and saltern site. p.4, fig.2.
- <2> SLI110 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. BYK60.
- <3> SLI183 Aerial Photograph: HARTLEY, R.F.R.. 1980-92. LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. 3308-22A.
- <4> SLI193 Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 1519/22-27; 1133/5; 1516/24-25; 1189/10-11; 1188/7-9.
- <5> SLI13646 Verbal Communication: Mark Bennet. 2012. Information from Mark Bennet. 28/12/2012.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 1227 3331 (1110m by 368m) |
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Civil Parish | BILLINGBOROUGH, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (6)
- Related to: Billingborough middle to late Bronze Age settlement (Monument) (MLI33304)
- Related to: Late Bronze Age to early Iron Age Salt Making Site, Billingborough (Monument) (MLI32862)
- Related to: Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age activity, Billingborough (Monument) (MLI82463)
- Related to: Middle to late Iron Age settlement in Billingborough parish. (Monument) (MLI32860)
- Related to: Romano British finds from Toft Hills, Billingborough (Monument) (MLI32858)
- Related to: Romano-British field system in Billingborough parish (Monument) (MLI82469)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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