Element record L4094 - Cropmark features, Ollerton

Summary

LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown); RING DITCH (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 66270 66212 (128m by 130m)
Map sheet SK66NE
District Newark
Civil Parish Ollerton, Newark

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

2 linear features and a possible ring ditch (possibly 2). (1)
The above are situated on a local rise some 65.0m above sea level, a higher land ridge exists to the S. The area is now under root crop; perambulation revealed only modern field debris and there are no surface indications of either the linears or the ditch. Enquiries of farmworkers employed locally were negative regarding either archaeological finds or historical legend. (2)
Morph: 50.7.1 enclosure. (3)
See L's 8580 & 8581 for adjacent cropmarks. See SMR map.


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

3 BW print, JAP 1162/2, DNR 1556/28,30, SMR

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

Other Refs: 728 30/7/71

<2> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.

<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. 1974. 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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