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Name: | Scheduled section of the Car Dyke in Helpringham |
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HER Number: | MLI60014 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Scheduled section of the Car Dyke in Helpringham
Grid Reference: | TF 146 390 |
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Map Sheet: | TF13NW |
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Parish: | HELPRINGHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
PRN 60014
A Scheduled stretch of the Car Dyke Roman canal, running through three fields in Helpringham. It runs for 190m north-north-east through field O.S. 317 as a hollow between two banks. The easterly bank has been eroded down. The dyke turns at TF 14533905, east-north-east through field O.S. 288 between well preserved banks 2m high, except at western end. A hollow has been dug out of centre of northern bank. The Scheduled area continues across field 314 but the banks in this field were bulldozed flat under a war agricultural board order during the Second World War. For general Car Dyke record see PRN 60706. {1}{2}
A section measuring 117m was drawn of the north side of the relay trench along South Drove/Car Dyke during water mains replacement. {4}{5}
The course of the Car Dyke in this area is clearly visible on aerial photographs. {3}
A trench was excavated through the Car Dyke in 1971, but the paper archive for this work was lost. In 1999, the trench (at TF 1455 3905) was re-excavated and borehole samples were also taken for environmental analysis. The dimensions of the surviving channel and banks at this site were established, and a buried soil was discovered beneath the banks. No dating evidence or artefacts were found. {8}{9}
<1> HBMC, AM 7, SAM 274 (Scheduling Record). SLI4067.
<2> HBMC, 1985, AM 107, SAM 274 (Scheduling Record). SLI4011.
<3> 1945-84, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION, LH 18,19; EA 051, 052 (Aerial Photograph). SLI173.
<4> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 1994, Helpringham Fen: Archaeological Watching Brief Report, HLF94 (Report). SLI5160.
<5> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 1994, Helpringham Fen: Archaeological Watching Brief, LCNCC 65.94 (Archive). SLI1539.
<6> F.N. Field and I. George, 1995, Archaeology in Lincolnshire, Vol 30 p42 (Article in Serial). SLI697.
<7> Helpringham SMR cards, TF 13 NW; AC, TF 13 NE; A (Index). SLI3084.
<8> Archaeological Project Services, 2001, Assessment Report: Excavation of the Car Dyke, Helpringham, CDP99 (Report). SLI11283.
<9> Cope-Faulkner, P. and Simmons, B. B., 2004, The Car Dyke: Past Work, Current State and Future Possibilities, - (Bibliographic Reference). SLI11277.
Monument Types
- CANAL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- DRAIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Events
- Aerial photographs of the Car Dyke in Helpringham
- Aerial photographs of the Car Dyke in Helpringham
- Watching brief along a replacement water main in Helpringham
- Excavation of a trench through the Car Dyke in Helpringham, 1971
- Excavation of a trench through the Car Dyke in Helpringham, 1999
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
<1> | Scheduling Record: HBMC. AM 7. SAM 274. |
<2> | Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1985. AM 107. SAM 274. |
<3> | Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. LH 18,19; EA 051, 052. |
<4> | Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1994. Helpringham Fen: Archaeological Watching Brief Report. HLF94. |
<5> | Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1994. Helpringham Fen: Archaeological Watching Brief. LCNCC 65.94. |
<6> | Article in Serial: F.N. Field and I. George. 1995. Archaeology in Lincolnshire. Vol 30 p42. |
<7> | Index: Helpringham SMR cards. HELPRINGHAM. TF 13 NW; AC, TF 13 NE; A. |
<8> | Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2001. Assessment Report: Excavation of the Car Dyke, Helpringham. CDP99. |
<9> | Bibliographic Reference: Cope-Faulkner, P. and Simmons, B. B.. 2004. The Car Dyke: Past Work, Current State and Future Possibilities. -. |
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