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Name:CROPMARKS OF A DOUBLE RING DITCH NORTH-EAST OF SAXBY CLIFF FARM
HER Number:MLI51418
Type of record:Monument

Summary

CROPMARKS OF A DOUBLE RING DITCH NORTH-EAST OF SAXBY CLIFF FARM

Grid Reference:SK 984 860
Map Sheet:SK98NE
Parish:SAXBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

A CROPMARK SITE PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1959 SHOWS A DOUBLE-DITCHED RING DITCH. IN 1964 SEAMAN REPORTED THAT IT WAS NOT VISIBLE ON THE GROUND, NOR HAD ANY FINDS BEEN RECORDED. {1}{2}{5}
APs BY TOM HAYES IN 1959 AND PAUL EVERSON IN 1979 SHOW CROPMARKS OF A SUB-RECTANGULAR DOUBLE-DITCHED RING DITCH, THE INNER DITCH OF WHICH IS A SPIRAL RATHER THAN A COMPLETE CIRCLE. {3}{4}
IT HAS ALSO BEEN INTERPRETED AS A PREHISTORIC STOCK ENCLOSURE. {7}


<1> OS CARD INDEX, SK 98 NE:16,1964, SEAMAN B H (Index). SLI2706.

<2> SMR FILE, SK 98 NE:AD - (Index). SLI3244.

<3> HAYES, J.T., 1953-87, RCHM, SAXBY 'A'; 5/1;5/2;5/19,1959, (Aerial Photograph). SLI198.

<4> Paul Everson, 1975-90, RCHM, 2958/4,1979, (Aerial Photograph). SLI196.

<5> OS CARD INDEX, TF 08 NW:6,1962, DA (Index). SLI2706.

<6> D.F. Petch, 1961, ‘Archaeological Notes for 1959 and 1960’ in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers, VOL 9 PART 1 (NS) pp1-3 (Article in Serial). SLI660.

<7> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, SK9886:LI.53.4.1,1994, (Map). SLI3613.

Monument Types

  • RING DITCH (Undated)
  • ENCLOSURE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: OS CARD INDEX. SAXBY. SK 98 NE:16,1964, SEAMAN B H.
<2>Index: SMR FILE. SAXBY. SK 98 NE:AD -.
<3>Aerial Photograph: HAYES, J.T.. 1953-87. RCHM. SAXBY 'A'; 5/1;5/2;5/19,1959, .
<4>Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2958/4,1979, .
<5>Index: OS CARD INDEX. SAXBY. TF 08 NW:6,1962, DA.
<6>Article in Serial: D.F. Petch. 1961. ‘Archaeological Notes for 1959 and 1960’ in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL 9 PART 1 (NS) pp1-3.
<7>Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK9886:LI.53.4.1,1994, .

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