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Description: | PRN 43702
This record contains the now deleted records PRN 42441, 42496 and 43703
An ancient trackway called the Bluestone Heath Road runs from the neighbourhood of Burgh-le-Marsh at the edge of the sea plain to headwaters of the River Bain where its further course northward is undetermined. In the Middle Ages it was called Bushkow Strete. For some way in its middle course it is the boundary between the wapentakes of Louthesk and Gartree and it is probable that it joined up with Caistor High Street and so led through to the River Humber. {1}
On the east side of the Wolds the crest of the hills carried a prehistoric route. It starts near Ludford and follows the chalk ridges towards Burgh-le-Marsh. {2}
The Bluestone Heath Road, much sunken in several places runs through Caleby. Although it is believed to have been used by the Romans, it is thought to have prehistoric origins. {3}
The supposed prehistoric Bluestone Heath Road is a wide ridgeway which here runs through Tetford Parish. {4}
During at watching brief on a pipeline which crossed the Bluestone Heath Road, a section (at TF 26065 83040) across the road was recorded. The section revealed a buried topsoil beneath a layer of chalk rubble which formed the earliest metalling for the Bluestone Heath Road. The tipped chalk had a marked camber. It would appear that there is evidence for only one phase of road construction at this point before the introduction of tar-based metalling. This suggests that although the route is prehistoric, the road itself may not have been laid until much later. A backfilled ditch was also found to the west of the road, aligned parallel to the hedgeline beside the road. This adjacent ditch was potentially associated with the road.{5}{6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 4000BC - 1539BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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