Monument record M3063 - SETTLEMENT AT ROLLESTON

Summary

SETTLEMENT? (Early Iron Age to Roman)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 74487 52124 (304m by 249m)
Map sheet SK75SW
District Newark
Civil Parish Rolleston, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Small complex - rectangular feature, squarish enclosure, one pair of parallel lines, several linear features. (1) (2)
Under a high cereal crop and not fully perambulated. The situation occupies a high knoll above the Trent flood plain c 15m above sea level. The tenant farmer has no knowledge of the site. Almost certainly a Ro farm settlement, many of which are hereabouts. (3)
Morph: 199.46.1 farmstead, 199.47.1 ditch. (4)
See L8439 for Ro finds, L8435-8, L3064 for nearby cropmarks.


Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

DNR 345/29

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

JAP 242/28

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

JAP 1180/15

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

JAP 40/74

<1> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.

Other Refs: 40/74, 242/28 (NLAP SK 7452/2,9)

<2> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.

Other Refs: 1180/15 (NLAP SK 7452/23)

<3> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.

<4> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
  • <2> Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
  • <3> Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1974. Pers Comm.
  • <4> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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