Element record L4843 - Natural cropmark, Babworth

Summary

NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 67958 82386 (271m by 234m)
Map sheet SK68SE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Babworth, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

3/4 of a large circular feature, cut by canal. Double ditched ? Does not appear to be of archaeological interest. (1)
BGS … suggested that the feature is a pingo. Pingos are one of a range of features which develop under cold climate, periglacial, conditions. (2)
See L 4842 - cropmarks to E.
See SMR map.


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

1 colour print, Cole C, 22/06/2005, 500/3

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

1 BW print, DNR 1536/14, SMR

<1> Riley DN, 1980, Early Landscapes from the Air, pp 25,49-50,122-4, map 23,24 (Published document). SNT1197.

<2> TPAU, Mar 2002, Assessment of a Cropmark near Botany Bay Farm, Babworth, p 7 (Unpublished document). SNT2569.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Published document: Riley DN. 1980. Early Landscapes from the Air. pp 25,49-50,122-4, map 23,24.
  • <2> Unpublished document: TPAU. Mar 2002. Assessment of a Cropmark near Botany Bay Farm, Babworth. p 7.

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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