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Summary

Prehistoric or Romano-British cropmark enclosure, Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm

Full description

PRN 62790
Cropmark identified by the National Mapping programme, recorded as prehistoric but its location is very close to what are probable Roman cropmarks and Mareham Lane so they may also be associated with them. {1}
West of Moor Farm a rectanguar enclosure with one rounded end and an entrance facing south east has been identified. Cutting across one corner of this enclosure a straight line traceable though several fields is a moden gas pipe-line. Identified from an air photo from June 1970.{2}
Interpreted as a 'D-shaped' simple enclosure, dated to the late Iron Age to early Romano-British period.{3}
The enclosure is depicted as a cropmark on aerial photographs.{4}

<1> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF 05 SE; 0652; LI.851.40.1 (Map). SLI3613.

<2> OS CARD INDEX, TF 05 SE; AD (Index). SLI2361.

<3> Helen Winton, 1998, 'The cropmark evidence for Prehistoric and Roman settlement in west Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire's Archaeology from the Air, page 49 and 51, Fig.2.1.7 (Article in Monograph). SLI5405.

<4> THOMSON B, 1990-91, Aerial photographs taken by B. Thomson, 04/08/91 (Aerial Photograph). SLI204.

Monument Types

• ENCLOSURE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC? to 409 AD?)

Associated Events

• Aerial photograph of land to the west of Moor Farm , Ashby de la Launde
• Aerial photograph of land to the west of Moor Farm, Bloxholm

Protected Status

• SHINE

Sources and further reading

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