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Settlement site at Greatford is a prehistoric and Romano-British settlement located in Lincolnshire. The site has produced archaeological evidence of occupation spanning from the prehistoric period through the Romano-British era, indicating sustained human activity across several centuries. The settlement's location in the fertile landscape of the Lincolnshire fenland margin would have provided access to productive agricultural land and water resources, factors which likely contributed to its continued occupation through different periods. Archaeological investigation has recovered material culture consistent with domestic settlement patterns of these periods.
Settlement site at Greatford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004957. View the official record →
Settlement site at Greatford is a prehistoric and Romano-British settlement located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004957.
Settlement site at Greatford is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004957.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lolham Bridges (5.2 km), Uffington Bridge (5.5 km), Settlement site E of Uffington and Barnack Station (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Settlement site at Greatford's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Settlement site at Greatford stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.