Element record L1762 - Square enclosure with internal and external features, Gunthorpe

Summary

TRACKWAY (Unknown); ENCLOSURE (Unknown); LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown); RING DITCH (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 67841 45285 (281m by 349m)
Map sheet SK64NE
District Newark
Civil Parish Gunthorpe, Newark

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Square enclosure with internal and external features. Parallel lines ?track. Possible ring ditch between main enclosure and farm, but rather vague on the slide. (1)
Now under rough pasture. There is no surface evidence of the markings, which are either beast enclosures or early fields. (2)
29.9.1 interpretation: Undated Prehistoric Trackway; 29.10.1-4 group interpretation: Undated Prehistoric Farmstead; 29.10.1 interpretation: Undated Prehistoric Stock Enclosure
(NB 29.10.4 is part of this group but is a new record on the SMR)
Also included are 29.12.1, 29.12.2, 29.13.1-4 interpreted as Undated Quarries. (3)
Enclosures now built over ? (see APs).
See L1773 for nearby cropmarks


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

2 BW print, CUCAP AZB 91, NMR 6745/12, SMR

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

Other Refs: 13770/20,21, 325/23 (NLAP SK 6745/4,5,7)

<2> Colquhoun FD, 1975, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT583.

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

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
  • <2> Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1975. Pers Comm.
  • <3> 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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