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| Name: | Sinuous cropmark complex running east to west in Billingborough parish |
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| HER Number: | MLI98652 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Sinuous cropmark complex running east to west from the higher ground towards the fen in Billingborough parish, probably prehistoric
| Grid Reference: | TF 122 333 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF13SW |
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| Parish: | BILLINGBOROUGH, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
PRN39226
A series of irregular and rectangular enclosures and ditches visible on aerial photographs either side of a long sinuous cropmark feature, perhaps a ditch or a stream. There are a series of ‘clothesline’ enclosures along the length of the sinuous ditch, mostly to the north. Part of a sequence of cropmarks running west to east across the fen edge towards the higher land and the Pointon Road. At the eastern end of this series of cropmarks is a more extensive group of enclosures and ditches a part of which was excavated in 1975-78 (see PRN33304 etc). {1}{2}{3}{4}
The cropmark morphology would suggest the cropmarks enclosures and the sinuous ditch date to the later prehistoric. {5}
<1> Peter Chowne, Rosamund Cheal and A.P. Fitzpatrick, 2001, Excavations at Billingborough, Lincolnshire, 1975-78: a Bronze-Iron Age settlement and saltern site, p.4, fig.2 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI7301.
<2> 1945-84, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION, BYK60 (Aerial Photograph). SLI110.
<3> HARTLEY, R.F.R., 1980-92, LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, 3308-22A (Aerial Photograph). SLI183.
<4> 1946-98, RCHME, 1519/22-27; 1133/5; 1516/24-25; 1189/10-11; 1188/7-9 (Aerial Photograph). SLI193.
<5> Mark Bennet, 2012, Information from Mark Bennet, 28/12/2012 (Verbal Communication). SLI13646.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Undated)
- ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC? to 42 AD?)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic Reference: Peter Chowne, Rosamund Cheal and A.P. Fitzpatrick. 2001. Excavations at Billingborough, Lincolnshire, 1975-78: a Bronze-Iron Age settlement and saltern site. p.4, fig.2. |
| <2> | Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. BYK60. |
| <3> | Aerial Photograph: HARTLEY, R.F.R.. 1980-92. LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. 3308-22A. |
| <4> | Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 1519/22-27; 1133/5; 1516/24-25; 1189/10-11; 1188/7-9. |
| <5> | Verbal Communication: Mark Bennet. 2012. Information from Mark Bennet. 28/12/2012. |
Related records
| MLI33304 | Related to: Billingborough middle to late Bronze Age settlement (Monument) |
| MLI32862 | Related to: Late Bronze Age to early Iron Age Salt Making Site, Billingborough (Monument) |
| MLI82463 | Related to: Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age activity, Billingborough (Monument) |
| MLI32860 | Related to: Middle to late Iron Age settlement in Billingborough parish. (Monument) |
| MLI32858 | Related to: Romano British finds from Toft Hills, Billingborough (Monument) |
| MLI82469 | Related to: Romano-British field system in Billingborough parish (Monument) |
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