Element record L1523 - Circular enclosure, Flawborough

Summary

Possible Romano-British ring ditch

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 78363 44234 (82m by 76m)
Map sheet SK74SE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Flawborough, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Circular enclosure. (1)
These marks fall on level arable land, in a field bounded on the NW by the heavily embanked River Smite. The site had been recently ploughed when visited but nothing of interest was seen. (2)
?Morph: 219.3.1 unknown prehistoric enclosure. (3)
See L1522 - in same field.

May be Romano-British ring ditch related to Roman enclosure located 1km N-E of Shelton Village (MNT13399). Evidence of the ring-ditch with protective boundary ditches around the enclosure visible in gradiometer survey (4)


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

3 BW print, JAP 12/12A-14A, SMR

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

Other Refs: 12/12A-14A (NLAP SK 7844/1-3)

<2> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.

<3> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

<4> Wessex Archæology, 2022, Newark Growth Pipeline, Nottinghamshire:Detailed Gradiometer Survey Report, p. 7 (Unpublished document). SNT5338.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
  • <2> Personal comment: Seaman BH. 1974. Pers Comm.
  • <3> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Wessex Archæology. 2022. Newark Growth Pipeline, Nottinghamshire:Detailed Gradiometer Survey Report. p. 7.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

Record last edited

Sep 7 2023 2:21PM

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