| Title: |
Prehistoric Landscapes at Stowe Farm, West Deeping, Lincolnshire: An Archaeological Excavation (Report No. N04) |
| Number of Pages: |
31 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An enhanced archaeological recording brief was undertaken ahead of the use of the land for gravel extraction. Results indicated that the remnants of a Bronze Age agricultural system were preserved within the excavation area. The Bronze Age landscape appeared dynamic, consisting over time of a series of boundaries defined by posts, within or on the edges of which lay pits and structures. The latter were either circular in form or a more complex series of interlinked semi-circular structures. The pottery and lithics were so sparse that it was unlikely that they were the remains of settlement, but were rather a series of small agricultural structures within field systems. During the later prehistoric and historic periods ditches appeared to be the main method by which boundaries were formalised. Romano-British activity in the area consisted of a pair of parallel interrupted ditches set at 62 metres apart. The ditches may have represented boundaries to long or narrow fields which lay on the southern side of a Romano-British trackway which had been previously identified. Northwest-southeast oriented furrows crossing the site represented the remnants of a medieval field system. Traces of an earlier system consisting of narrower cultivation strips were present. The alignment of the furrows appeared to have duplicated that of the Romano-British field system, possibly indicating some continuity in the landscape structure from Roman times until enclosure. [Au] |
| Author: |
Stephen Kemp
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| Publisher: |
Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Stowe Farm |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Later Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: STOWE FARM, WEST DEEPING
Study area: 17.5 ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: South Kesteven
Monument: POSTHOLE. Bronze Age, CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE. Bronze Age, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Bronze Age, POST HOLE. Bronze Age, PIT. Bronze Age, CIRCULAR FEATURE. Bronze Age, FIELD SYSTEM. Medieval (1066-1540), DITCH. Roman (AD
Ngr: TF10001110
Parish: Barholme and Stowe, Tallington
Postcode: PE6 9SF
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
