Monument record MLI98654 - A group of cropmark enclosures in Billingborough

Summary

A group of cropmark enclosures on the fen edge, perhaps prehistoric

Type and Period (2)

  • (Undated)
  • (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC? to 42 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN39228 A group of irregular and sub-rectangular enclosures and ditches visible on aerial photographs. The enclosures are on the edge of the fen off Billingborough Drove, east of the Car Dyke. There is a fairly straight linear cropmark of a ditch (or perhaps a double ditch) running westwards from the enclosures that may be related.{1} The cropmarks’ morphology would suggest the cropmark enclosures date to the later prehistoric. {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 3027/31; 1586/32.
  •  Verbal Communication: Mark Bennet. 2012. Information from Mark Bennet. 28/12/2012.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 1372 3371 (182m by 191m)
Civil Parish BILLINGBOROUGH, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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