Great Shelford Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure
Author(s): Fiona Small
In July 2015, Damian Grady of the Historic England Aerial Reconnaissance team recognised and photographed cropmarks of a possible Early Neolithic causewayed enclosure, near Great Shelford in Cambridgeshire. Given the age and rarity of this class of monument, a detailed survey was undertaken using recent and historical aerial photographs, lidar images and maps. The survey assessed the character, extent and potential of the site in local and national contexts. The analysis demonstrated the cropmarks indicate a causewayed enclosure surviving as sub-surface features in modern arable, and with the potential for surviving components in adjacent pasture. Other features nearby include cropmarks indicating buried remains of probable Iron Age or Roman settlement enclosures and earthworks of medieval and post-medieval features.
- Report Number:
- 23/2017
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 16
- Keywords:
- Neolithic Aerial Photograph Interpretation Aerial Photography Causewayed Enclosure
