Monument record MLI22158 - Undated cropmark enclosures and droves, Pear Tree Farm East

Summary

A small number of undated cropmark enclosures with associated droveways at Pear Tree Farm East, Whaplode parish.

Type and Period (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A few small enclosures at Pear Tree Hill East, Whaplode, on narrow drove running south east and then east from Roman nucleation to NW, are visible on aerial photographs as relief and cropmarks, partly obscured by later parallel drainage ditches. Site ground-surveyed in March 1952. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5} The area is under crop and no evidence of occupation was seen. The farmer of the land could offer no further information about this site. {1}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. WHAPLODE. TF 31 NW:14,1965, D.A..
  •  Article in Serial: Hallam, S.J.. 1960. Romano-British Salt Industry in South Lincolnshire. -.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. WHAPLODE. TF 31 NW:U -.
  •  Article in Monograph: Sylvia J. Hallam. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 3216E P 307.
  •  Map: Sylvia J. Hallam. 1970. Maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 7 SHEET G.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 3305 1621 (827m by 2187m)
Civil Parish WHAPLODE, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Dec 18 2025 10:39AM

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