Site Event/Activity record ELI13011 - A Trial Trench by the Viking Torksey Project in 2013

Location

Grid reference SK 83550 79828 (point)
Civil Parish BRAMPTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Trial Trenching

Organisation

University of Sheffield

Date

From 29 Jul 2013 to 02 Aug 2013 (between)

Map

Description

A trench was excavated by the Viking Torksey Project to investigate a cluster of magnetometer anomalies in a curvilinear alignment that were interpreted as probable archaeological features. Pottery from the Roman to the post medieval period was found but no archaeological features were identified. {1}{2}

External Links (0)

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Report: University of Sheffield. 2013. Report on an Evaluation Trench Excavated near Torksey, Lincolnshire, 29 July to 2 August 2013. -.
  •  Archive: The University of York and University of Sheffield. 2011-2015. The Viking Torksey Project, Torksey, Lincolnshire. -.

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • A Late Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Pottery Scatter at Brampton (Monument)
  • A Roman pottery scatter, Brampton (Monument)
  • Post-Medieval Pottery, Brampton (Monument)
  • The Winter Camp of the Viking Great Army at Torksey (Monument)

Record last edited

Aug 22 2017 3:55PM

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