Element record L4102 - Linear earthworks, Bilsthorpe

Summary

MOAT (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 65569 60319 (52m by 137m)
Map sheet SK66SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Bilsthorpe, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

E arm of a single large moat? (1)
There is no surface evidence that these features ever formed a single unit. The E feature is a deep open ditch with rising ground to the W, the sides are steep and there is evidence of quarrying at the N end. Not a moat, the situation is not suitable and there is no evidence of other arms. (2)
If connected - and they (including L 9410) probably are - they would make 2 sides of a roughly rectangular enclosure, with church perhaps at centre, as it is roughly equidistant from the 2 "moats". An early village boundary earthwork ? (3)
See L 9410 for western "arm", L 7677 for nearby linear hollow.


<1> OS, 1955, 6in 1955 (Map). SNT1069.

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

<3> Bishop MW, 1975, Comment on Bilsthorpe - no report (Personal comment). SNT483.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: OS. 1955. 6in 1955.
  • <2> Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1974. Pers Comm.
  • <3> Personal comment: Bishop MW. 1975. Comment on Bilsthorpe - no report.

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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