| Summary : Cropmark traces of a possible Neolithic causewayed enclosure are visible on aerial photographs. The cropmarks were interpreted and transcribed by RCHME as part of the Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic Project. Full details of the site can be found in the archive report. The site is located 650 metres south of the village of Barholm on almost level ground, with the River Welland to the south and its tributary, the Glen, to the north. A small beck flowing west-east lies circa 100 metres south of the enclosure. The enclosure itself appears as two oval concentric circuits of segmented ditches, the circuits being circa 10 metres apart. The maximum area enclosed by the outer circuit is around 158 metres by 195 metres. Palmer had transcribed three sections of ditch as part of a third circuit on the south east side of the enclosure. However, given the concentration of diffuse cropmarks in the vicinity of both archaeological and geological origin, it was not considered possible to positively identify these three lengths of ditch as definite archaeological features related to the enclosure. The only possible contemporary internal features are a number of pits. There is no record of any excavation being undertaken at the site. |
More information : [Area TF 088100] Crop marks south-west of Barholm show a track
running south-west of a large rectangular enclosure and three small
rectangular enclosures attached. Three irregular, rounded enclosures
are apparently connected. AO/LP/65/85,86. (1-3)
The area is entirely under crop. Mr Simpson referred to the track as
a droveway which he regarded as Romano-British. (4)
Cropmarks of interrupted ditch system. (5-6)
TF 090103 Causewayed camp, scheduled. (7)
The enclosures and trackways described by authorities 1-3 form part
of a much larger settlement complex, which is recorded in other
records.
The Neolithic causewayed enclosure, described by authorities 5-7,
at TF 0903 1030, was seen as cropmarks and mapped from good quality
air photographs. It is an incomplete oval enclosure, consisting of
two concentric circuits of segmented ditches. It has internal
dimensions of 132m by 180m and external dimensions of 157.5 by an
estimated 195m.
There are no internal features visible, except a random scatter of
pits, which also flank the circuit ditches, especially on the
eastern half of the enclosure. These pits are possibly archaeological
in origin and may be contemporary with the causewayed enclosure.
This causewayed enclosure was studied as part of the RCHME:
Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic Project, producing a
plan at 1:2,500 and as part RCHME: Lincolnshire NMP. For more
detailed information see archive. (Morph No. LI.788.79.1-2). (8-9)
The above site visited, but no evidence of the causewayed enclosure
was visible in the field, which was under arable cultivation. (10)
The causewayed enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in June 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording programme. (11) |