Monument record MDR5648 - Cropmarks, Wilne Lane, Breaston
Type and Period (3)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A cropmark of a semi-circular ditch was recorded in Breaston parish (no O.S. aerial photograph coverage). (1-2)
A circular feature with possible further circular feature at the centre. Also, there are indistinct marks, possibly enclosures, to the north showing on an aerial photograph. Now removed by gravel extraction. (3-4)
The cropmarks have been plotted on to an OS map. (5)
This area was subject to landfill between 1982 and 1986. (6)
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDR15755 Bibliographic reference: Trent Valley Arch Res Comm Gaz c 1980 3. TVARC No 2135.
- <2> SDR1026 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record (English Heritage). Aerial photograph NMR SK4531/1.
- <3> SDR15518 Index: TPAT. 2135. 2135.
- <4> SDR13067 Aerial Photograph: Pickering J. 4531/1.
- <5> SDR22057 Aerial Photograph: Trent & Peak Archaeological Trust (TPAT). ?1970s. Aerial Photograph Transcription Project. TPAT_SK43SE.
- <6> SDR20848 Digital data: Derbyshire County Council. GIS Layer. Landfill Historic.
Map
Location
Grid reference | SK 45702 31529 (point) (Approximate) |
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Civil Parish | BREASTON, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Nov 13 2015 5:07PM