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Description: | A linear boundary system known from aerial photographs and partly investigated by excavation in 1991. Cropmarks of a meandering linear boundary aligned roughly north-south and visible for about 1.1 km between SK8238 4600 and SK8226 4478. These cropmarks have been seen on Hartley aerial photographs of 1981, 1985 and other aerial photographs of 1970. Part of Jim Pickering's 'Jurassic Spine' linear boundary comprising a widely-spaced, double-ditched boundary with a parallel pit alignment close to the eastern ditch. Two of the pits at, SK8235 4494, were excavated in 1991 by Kate Fearn. They were found to be roughly rectangular in plan and appeared to have been left to silt up naturally. No dating evidence was found, and the only find was a fragment of horse long bone. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
A wide range of functions have been suggested for multiple ditch systems, thought to be reflected by their form. At Long Bennington the cropmarks are though to have had a pastoral function, perhaps demarcating areas of different land use. They are thought to be late prehistoric to early Roman in date. {7} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 4000BC - 42BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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