Monument record MDR303 - Romano-British field system, south of Cowdale, King Sterndale

Type and Period (6)

FIELD SYSTEM (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
LYNCHET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TERRACED GROUND (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BANK (EARTHWORK) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Full Description

A Romano-British earthwork enclosure complex has been recorded in King Sterndale parish (not visible on Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs 71 098 485-6). (1) Located west of Highcliff Plantation. (2) Romano-British field system. Features include lynchets, earthen and stone banks, terraces and rectilinear and sub-circular enclosures. The Romano-British date is obtained from the rectilinear enclosures. (3)

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SDR9336 Unpublished document: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). 1965-1966. Microfiche reel 5.
<2> SDR14587 Index: NDAT. 1361.
<3> SDR19428 Unpublished document: Bevan, B (PDNPA). 2000. Peak District Romano-British Rural Upland Settlement Survey, 1998-1000. 3 vols.. pp 219-220.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 082 716 (174m by 337m) (Centre)
Civil Parish	KING STERNDALE, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Oct 21 2013 12:34PM