Element record L4459 - Subrectangular enclosures, Flint Hill, Elkesley
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | SK 67400 76200 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SK67NE |
| District | Bassetlaw |
| Civil Parish | Elkesley, Bassetlaw |
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Full Description
One double ditched enclosure with entrance to E. Adjoined to this are other single ditched enclosures and linear cropmarks. Similar complexes in field immediately to W (adjoining Ashmore Plantation) and N (adjoining Tea Table Plantation). (1) (2) (3) (4)
Cropmarks at Flint Hill of at least 20 subrectangular enclosures, associated with brickwork plan fields probably of Ro date. The most prominent enclosure is double ditched, 0.12Ha in area, situated on top of the hill. Excavation trench in 1976, a bank was between the ditches (see L8714). (4)
Nearby enclosures are from 0.1Ha to 0.35Ha in area. Lower down the hill to the N, a number of enclosures from 400 sqm to 0.5Ha cover an area of around 3.5Ha. At SK 673762 is an irregular curvilinear enclosure. Near it is a circle 10.0m in diameter. (5)
Morph: 87.1.8-13 (including Unknown Prehistoric Enclosures & 87.1.9, 87.1.13 Unknown Prehistoric Farmstead), also part of 87.1.1 Unknown Prehistoric Field System. Group: Unknown Prehistoric Settlement. Also 87.17.1 Unknown Prehistoric Enclosure, 87.17.2 Unknown Prehistoric Pit Cluster, 87.27.1 Unknown Prehistoric Enclosure (NGR wrong?) (6)
See L 8714 - excavated ditches, L 4460 - cropmarks to E, L 4461 - SW, L 4462 - SE, L 4463 - N. See SMR map.
Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.
11 BW print, Riley DN, 756/27,28,30, 760/23,30, 1539/10, Cox CD, 3209/3A,4A,6A, NMR 6776/99, 6776/10/5
<1> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.
Other Refs: 852/22-35, 756/27, 767/33, 1539/5,7
<2> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.
Other Refs: 864/57, 759/006, 1014/24,28,29,32,33
<3> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.
Other Refs: 1099/28,29,30, 1278/17
<4> Doncaster Museum, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT644.
Other Refs: 229,230
<5> Riley DN, 1980, Early Landscapes from the Air, map 27 (Published document). SNT1197.
<6> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SNT2645 Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
- <1> SNT1194 Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
- <2> SNT1194 Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
- <3> SNT1194 Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
- <4> SNT644 Aerial photograph: Doncaster Museum. Air photos.
- <5> SNT1197 Published document: Riley DN. 1980. Early Landscapes from the Air. map 27 .
- <6> SNT1470 Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
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- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 23 2025 11:03AM