Roman Field-System Earthworks in the Birklands and Belhaugh Hays, Nottinghamshire

Processing and analysis of LiDAR data in Nottinghamshire has identified the survival of earthwork field-systems beneath woodland in some of the oldest established parts of Sherwood Forest. The morphology and alignment of these field-systems strongly suggest that they represent a survival of the late...

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Published in:Britannia (Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies) 2017-11, Vol.48, p.298-304
Main Author: Malone, Steve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Iron Age
Medieval period
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Summary:Processing and analysis of LiDAR data in Nottinghamshire has identified the survival of earthwork field-systems beneath woodland in some of the oldest established parts of Sherwood Forest. The morphology and alignment of these field-systems strongly suggest that they represent a survival of the late Iron Age and Roman brickwork-plan field-systems of North Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire with considerable potential to elucidate the history of abandonment of these fields and the establishment of Sherwood Forest.
ISSN:0068-113X
1753-5352
DOI:10.1017/S0068113X17000046