Monument record M4537 - Settlement, Bracken Hill, Elkesley

Summary

SETTLEMENT? (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 65156 75307 (534m by 678m)
Map sheet SK67NE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Elkesley, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A complex of rectangular enclosures and parallel linear features - trackways ? (1) (2)

Cropmarks at Bracken Hill of at least 6 subrectangular enclosures, associated with brickwork plan fields probably of Ro date. Some field boundaries are traceable and are up to 90.0m apart. (3)

Morph: 87.20.1-2. 87.21.1-4 group: Unknown Prehistoric Settlement (including 87.21.1 Unknown Prehistoric Farmstead, 87.21.2 Unknown Prehistoric Trackway, 87.21.3-4 Unknown Prehistoric Field Boundary. (4)

The definite archaeological responses recorded during a geophysical survey correspond with the cropmark data, and although fragmented, the pattern of the enclosures can still be seen. The possible archaeological anomalies are likely to be associated with the complex but are weaker in magnetic strength and have no corroborative cropmark evidence. The anomalies are typical of what would be expected of a Romano-British enclosure recorded in the wider landscape. (5)

See L 4536 - cropmarks to E. See SMR map. NB extends onto SK 67 NW and SE. Grid ref centred.


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

DNR SF864/14

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

DNR SF864/15

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

CCX 3209/7A

<1> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.

Other Refs: 1086/37, 1088/3, 1546/2, 1095/305A

<2> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.

Other Refs: 1637/1A,14A

<3> Riley DN, 1980, Early Landscapes from the Air, pp 39,132, map 27 (Published document). SNT1197.

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

<5> Emma Brunning, 2022, Normanton Larches, Nottinghamshire: Geophysical Survey (Unpublished document). SNT6022.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <2> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <3> Published document: Riley DN. 1980. Early Landscapes from the Air. pp 39,132, map 27 .
  • <4> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Emma Brunning. 2022. Normanton Larches, Nottinghamshire: Geophysical Survey.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Oct 7 2025 2:36PM

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