Element record L4080 - Enclosure and linear features, Mansfield Woodhouse

Summary

ENCLOSURE (Unknown); LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown) Polygonal Prehistoric enclosures and ditches visible as cropmarks and mapped from aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 56103 65261 (315m by 477m)
Map sheet SK56NE
District Mansfield
Civil Parish Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Enclosure and field systems (linear features). (1)

The cropmark remains of a polgonal enclosure and traces of further ditches, probably of Prehistoric date were seen centred at SK 5609 6534 and mapped from aerial photographs as part of the Nottinghamshire NMP project. Morph 20/1/1-3 U enclosure and linear features; 20/2/1 U linear feature / ditch; 20/3/1 U linear feature / boundary. (2)

These features have since been re-recorded on aerial photographs during English Heritage aerial photographs. (3) (4)

See SMR map.


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

1 BW print, DNR 1548/2, SMR

Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

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

Other Refs: 1548/2 (NLAP SK 5665/2)

<2> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

<3> NMR, Air Photos (Aerial photograph). SNT962.

SK 5665/3 (17603/18) 16-JUL-2001

<4> NMR, Air Photos (Aerial photograph). SNT962.

SK 5665/4-6 (17592/11-13) 16-JUL-2001

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <2> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
  • <3> Aerial photograph: NMR. Air Photos.
  • <4> Aerial photograph: NMR. Air Photos.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

Record last edited

Sep 24 2026 1:27PM

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