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| HHER Number: | 6218 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | CROPMARKS OF LINEAR DITCHES, NORTH END, KELSHALL |
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Summary
Probably Roman ditches and other features in a field called 'Shiplands'
Monument Types
- LINEAR FEATURE (?, Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)
- MACULA (?, Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmarks of Roman settlement, Kelshall
Full description
Intersecting linear ditches aligned NW-SE and NE-SW. Also scattered maculae.
One of the maculae is a probable Roman well [18740]. There are other cropmarks across the field to the west [16981].
The marks appear to represent a Roman settlement. Some residual 1st century sherds in a wealthy Roman burial [30841] near the edge of the field evidently came from one of the linear features, a ditch into which the burial pit was dug about AD 200.
<1> CUCAP, 1968, Cropmarks of linear ditches, Kelshall, PNO 3951 (Aerial Photograph). SHT15223.
<2> Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith, & Watters, Julian, 2015, A grave at Kelshall: recreating the glory of a wealthy Roman citizen; British Archaeology (May-June 2015), 14-21 (Article in serial). SHT6260.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1968. Cropmarks of linear ditches, Kelshall. PNO 3951. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith, & Watters, Julian. 2015. A grave at Kelshall: recreating the glory of a wealthy Roman citizen; British Archaeology (May-June 2015), 14-21. |
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