Analytical Earthwork Survey at LAND OFF MIDDLEMARSH LANE, ASHINGTON END, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE

The survey was based on a Level 2 record of the earthworks, as defined by English Heritage (English Heritage 2007), supplemented by use of LiDAR data available from the Environment Agency's DEFRA Data National LiDAR Programme. A site visit was undertaken on the 29th of July 2025 by an experienced Archaeological Surveyor. Unfortunately, the site had been ploughed flat when the visit was undertaken, so only LiDAR data was available to create the interpretation plan (Figure 2). Ridge and furrow earthworks were depicted using a line convention to show the orientation and length of each of the furrows as required by English Heritage (2007, 34). Other Artificial Slopes were represented by hachures to indicate the direction and relative steepness of a slope. The presence of standing water was represented by a blue line. An image of the LiDAR DTM at 1m resolution has been reproduced for reference in this report (Figure 3). For the purposes of interpretation, the earthwork interpretation has been superimposed over the first edition OS map 1888 (Figure 4). Three long cross sections of the LiDAR data were recorded to illustrate representative profiles of the earthworks observed (Figure 5, 6). The archaeological earthwork survey methodology was appropriate to the nature and extent of the proposed development. It has allowed for the creation of a permanent record of archaeological earthworks, which have since been destroyed.