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Old Abbey Farm
Lincolnshire, England ยท Atlas EN2856
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2856 (2856)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Lincolnshire
- Historic county
- Lincolnshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Woodhall Spa
- National Grid reference
- TF 19572 60991
- Latitude
- 53.13265
- Longitude
- -0.21419
- Altitude
- 8 m
Form and condition
- Type
- level-terrain fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 5
- Enclosed area
- 1 ha
- Footprint
- 1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Other Forms (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- lowland
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1965); 1st Identified Written Reference (1986); Other (1999); Other (1992-1997)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1017880
- HER
- Lincolnshire 40096
- National record
- record TF 16 SE 5; monument 351412
- Wikidata
- Q31112843
Sources
References
- Chowne, P, Girling, M, Greig, J. 1986. Excavations At An Iron Age Defended Enclosure At Tattershall Thorpe, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, Vol. 52. 159-88