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Name:ENCLOSURE, SOUTHEAST OF GREATFORD
HER Number:MLI32979
Type of record:Monument

Summary

ENCLOSURE, SOUTHEAST OF GREATFORD

Grid Reference:TF 098 115
Map Sheet:TF01SE
Parish:BARHOLM AND STOWE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

PRN 32979
A REGULAR RECTANGULAR DITCHED ENCLOSURE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS AND ALIGNED NORTH- SOUTH, VISIBLE AS A CROPMARK ON ST.JOSEPH APs FROM 1949. THE NORTHWEST CORNER IS OBSCURED BY A BELT OF TREES. THERE ARE TWO APPARENT ENTRANCES, OPPOSITE EACH OTHER TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LONGER SIDES. SOME EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL DITCHED DIVISIONS. A POSSIBLE DOUBLE- DITCHED TRACKWAY APPROACHES THE ENTRANCE NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER FROM THE EAST APPARENTLY CONNECTING THE ENCLOSURE WITH ANOTHER ? SETTLEMENT COMPLEX. {1}{2}{3} MAPPED BY RCHM IN 1960 IN 'A MATTER OF TIME'. {4}~


<1> J.K.S. St Joseph, 1945-79, Cambridge University Collection, JG 50-51,1952, (Aerial Photograph). SLI175.

<2> J.K.S. St Joseph, 1945-79, Cambridge University Collection, EA 059,1949, (Aerial Photograph). SLI175.

<3> J.K.S. St Joseph, 1945-79, Cambridge University Collection, VJ 27,1957, (Aerial Photograph). SLI175.

<4> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1960, A Matter of Time, pp36,59; Fig 10 No.12 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1057.

<5> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF 00 SE LI.788.50.1-5,.51-4,.52.1,.53.1-2, 54.1-2.,1995 (Map). SLI3613.

Monument Types

  • DITCH (Undated)
  • ENCLOSURE (Undated)
  • TRACKWAY (Undated)
  • HUT CIRCLE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument
  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<1>Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. JG 50-51,1952, .
<2>Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. EA 059,1949, .
<3>Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. VJ 27,1957, .
<4>Bibliographic Reference: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1960. A Matter of Time. pp36,59; Fig 10 No.12.
<5>Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF 00 SE LI.788.50.1-5,.51-4,.52.1,.53.1-2, 54.1-2.,1995.

Related records

MLI33559Related to: Possible Settlement with Field System and Ring Ditches, Barholm (Monument)

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