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Car Dyke
Hob Uid: 1034966
Location : Lincolnshire North Kesteven Blankney
Grid Ref : TF1230060590
Summary : Scheduled section of watercourse traditionally thought to be a Roman canal but proved to form part of a late 1st or early 2nd century fen drainage system. Surviving earthwork.
More information : TF 1211 6145 - TF 1230 6059. Water-filled ditch, maximum depth 3m. Slopes sharp on east, circa 2.5m, spread and mutilated on west. Counterscarps circa 1.2m -1.5m. (1) TF 121 614 - TF 123 605. Car Dyke at Linwood Hall. Scheduled. (2)

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Source details : F R Harper/28-SEP-1964/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : English Heritage SAMs List - Lincolnshire. March 1994. 11.
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Source details : Ordnance Survey Linear Archive File LINEAR 53 in NMRC
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Drainage System
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LI 314
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 16 SW 7
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