Element record L4849 - Enclosures & linear features, Mattersey & Lound

Summary

ENCLOSURE (Unknown); LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference SK 68599 87499 (point)
Map sheet SK68NE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Lound, Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Mattersey, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

A near rectangular enclosure with entrance showing, to the N of the field - with outer ditch and subsidiary ditch leading off to E. Another enclosure complex to the S too. (1)
Further AP evidence has revealed a more complicated picture. Other small rectangular and square enclosures have been revealed with some associated linear features. (2) (3) (4) (5)
Cropmarks of a cluster of at least 4 subrectangular enclosures, associated with irregular plan fields possibly of pre-Ro date, S of Mattersey Sand Pit. A large enclosure of 2.4Ha in area encloses another of 0.65Ha in area which has an entrance on its E side. At the SW corner of this complex is a further enclosure of 0.25Ha. A row of 3 small enclosures at the side of a field at SK 687873 are from 0.1 to 0.12Ha; 4 isolated enclosures are up to 0.14Ha in area. To the E, 2 parallel ditches 4.0m apart follow a curving line. (6)
Morph: 133.8.1 unknown prehistoric enclosure, 133.8.2 unknown prehistoric stock enclosure, 133.8.3 unknown prehistoric farmstead, 133.8.4-7 unknown prehistoric hut circles; group: unknown prehistoric farmstead. 133.9.1 unknown prehistoric farmstead, 133.10.1-4 unknown prehistoric enclosures, 133.11.1 unknown prehistoric field system, 133.11.2 unknown prehistoric trackway. (7)
See L4848 - cropmarks to NW, L4850 - NE, L4854 - S. See SMR map.


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

4 BW prints, NLAP SK 6887/12,13, 6987/19,24, SMR

<1> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.

Other Refs: 1176/11,12,14 (NLAP SK 6887/1,2,3)

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

Other Refs: 745/18,20, 755/24, 870/25 (NLAP SK 6887/10,13,19, SK 6987/2)

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

Other Refs: 1041/9, 1036/12 (NLAP SK 6887/24,35)

<4> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.

Other Refs: 1048/7,8, 1076/36, 1554/15,20 (NLAP 6887/29,30,38, SK 6987/19,24)

<5> Doncaster Museum, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT644.

Other Refs: 63,64

<6> Riley DN, 1980, Early Landscapes from the Air, pp 21,24,44-5,116, map 20 (Published document). SNT1197.

<7> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
  • <2> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <3> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <4> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <5> Aerial photograph: Doncaster Museum. Air photos.
  • <6> Published document: Riley DN. 1980. Early Landscapes from the Air. pp 21,24,44-5,116, map 20 .
  • <7> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (3)

Record last edited

Aug 22 2025 5:07PM

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