Element record L4489 - Adjoining rectangular enclosures, Babworth

Summary

TRACKWAY (Unknown); ENCLOSURE (Unknown); LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference SK 68200 78900 (point)
Map sheet SK67NE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Babworth, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Complex series of adjoining rectangular enclosures (to either side of a trackway ?). Cropmarks also appear faintly in field to N. E/W linear features from this complex to E. (1) (2)
Extends E and W. This is probably part of the "brickwork" field system, though the main cropmarks lie 1.5km W of this. (3)
Morph: 87.25.1 Unknown Field Boundary. 87.26.1 Unknown Prehistoric Farmstead, 87.26.2 Unknown Prehistoric Field Boundary = group: Unknown Prehistoric Settlement. 87.28.1 Unknown Prehistoric Enclosure. 87.29.1. 87.30.1. 87.31.1 Unknown Medieval Field Boundary. 87.31.2 Unknown Medieval Pit Cluster (NGR wrong on morph?) (5)
See SMR map. See L 4490 for axe, L 5529 for Ro coin hoard.


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

4 BW print, Riley DN, 756/20, NMR 6778/17, 6878/21,24, SMR

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

Other Refs: 756/20,21, 748/22,24,25, 1546/21-3

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

Other Refs: 1551/34

<3> Riley DN, 1978, Early Land Allotment, BAR 48 (Published document). SNT1196.

<4> Riley DN, 1980, Early Landscapes from the Air, p 131 (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> Published document: Riley DN. 1978. Early Land Allotment, BAR 48. An Early System of Land Division ….
  • <4> Published document: Riley DN. 1980. Early Landscapes from the Air. p 131 .
  • <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 11:10AM

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