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| HHER Number: | 18740 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WELL OF PROBABLE ROMAN DATE, SHIPLANDS, NORTH END, KELSHALL |
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Summary
Well of Roman form associated with cropmarks
Monument Types
- WELL (?, Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmarks of Roman settlement, Kelshall
Full description
A circular shaft which opened suddenly in a field of beet north of Kelshall village and west of North End was over 7m deep. It was about 1m in diameter with straight sides and visible cut marks, evidently a well cut into the chalk. There were no finds, but in form it is very similar to excavated Roman wells at Baldock <1>.
The well is presumably to be identified with a macula visible in the same position on <2> and other aerial photographs; see [6218] for this and other cropmarks in this field ('Shiplands').
See also [30841], a wealthy Roman burial found 145m SW of the well. The cropmarks appear to represent a Roman settlement.
<1> Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith, 2013, Well in a field at Kelshall (Unpublished document). SHT5509.
<2> Hertfordshire County Council, HCC vertical photomapping, 2010 (Aerial Photograph). SHT8853.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Unpublished document: Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith. 2013. Well in a field at Kelshall. |
| <2> | Aerial Photograph: Hertfordshire County Council. HCC vertical photomapping, 2010. |
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