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Lincolnshire HER

Name:IRON AGE SETTLEMENT, HONINGTON
HER Number:MLI30365
Type of record:Monument

Summary

IRON AGE SETTLEMENT, HONINGTON

Grid Reference:SK 947 442
Map Sheet:SK94SW
Parish:HONINGTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

Elaborate sequence of inter related enclosures revealed by APs, beside a small tributary of River Witham. Within the clear ditch lines of these enclosures several circular ditches which register, but position can be faintly discerned. East side of site cut away by Lincs-Notts railway.{1}


<1> HBMC, 1981, AM 7, SAM 337 (Scheduling Record). SLI4152.

<2> HARTLEY, R.F.R., 1980-92, LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, 3314/9,12,1985, (Aerial Photograph). SLI183.

<3> 1946-98, RCHME, SK9544/1 (254-33a) (Aerial Photograph). SLI193.

<4> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, LI.747.8 (Map). SLI3613.

Monument Types

  • ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument

Sources and further reading

<1>Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1981. AM 7. SAM 337.
<2>Aerial Photograph: HARTLEY, R.F.R.. 1980-92. LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. 3314/9,12,1985, .
<3>Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. SK9544/1 (254-33a).
<4>Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. LI.747.8.