Element record L1454 - Trapezoidal enclosure, Shelton

Summary

ENCLOSURE (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 78881 45222 (380m by 456m)
Map sheet SK74NE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Shelton, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Trapezoidal enclosure with wide ditch. Contiguous with another enclosure, with equally wide ditches, on W side. (1)
Enclosure complex in the same field towards the river. (2)
A slightly N sloping situation bisected by a low NE-SW natural ridge which must be close to the division between the enclosures. Presently corn stubble, nothing of interest seen. (3)
Morph: 211.9.1 & 211.10.1 unknown prehistoric enclosures. (4)
Grid ref centred.


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

2 BW print, Pickering J, 257/18A,19A, SMR

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

Other Refs: 257/ 18A,19A (NLAP SK 7845/1,2)

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

Other Refs: 1177/24,25,26 (NLAP SK 7845/3,4, 7945/1)

<3> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.

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

Sources/Archives (5)

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

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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