Element record L4484 - Large cluster of enclosures, E of Morton Hill Farm, Babworth

Summary

ENCLOSURE (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference SK 65900 78699 (point)
Map sheet SK67NE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Babworth, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Linked rectangular enclosures E of Morton Hill Farm. (1) (2) (3)
Cropmarks E of Morton Hill Farm of a large and complicated cluster of enclosures (split into 2 groups). Enclosures from 0.5 to 0.7Ha in area. At SK 656787 an enclosure is 700 sqm, and at SK 659787 2 outlying enclosures are attached to a field of 1.0Ha. (4)
Morph: 87.1.34, 87.1.35 Unknown Prehistoric Farmstead (also has part of 87.1.1 Unknown Prehistoric Field System?). Group: Unknown Prehistoric Settlement. Also 87.10.1-2 Unknown Prehistoric, 87.11.1 Unknown Prehistoric Trackway (5)
See L 4478 - cropmarks to E, L 4482 - to SW, L 4485 - to N. See SMR map.


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

4 BW print, Riley DN, 749/10, 757/20, 1017/9, 1026/4, SMR

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

Other Refs: 757/19, 1539/14,17, 749/11, 1028/22

<2> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.

Other Refs: 1026/3, 1546/10, 992/29, 1030/10

<3> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.

Other Refs: 744/18, 1610/3, 1609/9A

<4> Riley DN, 1980, Early Landscapes from the Air, pp 38,41,54,63,130, map 26 (Published document). SNT1197.

<5> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <2> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <3> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <4> Published document: Riley DN. 1980. Early Landscapes from the Air. pp 38,41,54,63,130, map 26 .
  • <5> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Sep 23 2025 11:09AM

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