Monument record MLI32959 - Possible cropmark features, north of Old Beck

Summary

Possible cropmark features, north of Old Beck probably includes a Bronze Age barrow cemetery and a pit alignment.

Type and Period (5)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Ring ditch crop marks are listed by St Joseph at TF116278, and faint traces of crop marks are visible over a large area in the field at TF115277. {1}{2}{3} The area is under young crop. No surface irregularities were noted and no finds are known by the farmer. {1} The cropmarks in this area have been interpreted as circular features, enclosures and pit alignments. {7} There are three ring ditches, a pit alignment and other cropmark linear features and small enclosures on a gravel island at this point. There is evidence for later gravel extraction in the south of this island. {9}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. RIPPINGALE. TF 12 NW:22,1965, DA.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. ABP43 (28/6/60).
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 106G:UK:1431.7049-50,1946, .
  •  Index: SMR FILE. RIPPINGALE. TF 12 NW:AS -.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1946-98. RCHME National Aerial Photograph Collection at Swindon. SF1718/7 and 8, SF2089-25a, SF2095-22a.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 2573-18, TF1127/17; 2573/17, TF1127/16.
  •  Index: Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire. South Kesteven Records. Rippingale. -.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. ABP42 (28/6/60); AZA59 (22/7/69).
  •  Verbal Communication: Peter Chowne. 2010. Conversation with Peter Chowne at the HER. 14/04/2010.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 116 278 (335m by 398m) Approximate
Civil Parish RIPPINGALE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jul 9 2024 10:04AM

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