Site Event/Activity record ELI14082 - Trial trenching on land at Horncastle Road, Wragby

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 14124 77620 (396m by 394m) Surveyed
Civil Parish WRAGBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Trial Trenching

Organisation

On Site Archaeology Ltd

Date

From 01 Jan 2017 to 31 Jan 2017 (at some time)

Map

Description

Seven trial trenches were excavated on land to the south of Horncastle Road, Wragby, to inform the proposed construction of a new residential estate. The presence of a rectangular enclosure previously identified by aerial photography and geophysical survey was confirmed. Iron Age pottery was recovered from the fills of this feature. Pit-like anomalies identified on prior geophysical survey (see ELI14082) were discovered to be the foundation remains of two structures. These foundations consisted of limestone rubble and cobbles within construction cuts, and were sealed by a dark grey silt layer containing a large quantity of Romano-British tile fragments. To the south of the foundations was an east-west aligned ditch containing Romano-British pottery and tile fragments. A thin upper fill of this ditch was interpreted as redeposited material from an associated bank. All of these features were truncated in part by the shallow remains of ridge and furrow noted across the site. {1}{2}

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Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Report: On Site Archaeology Ltd. 2017. Land at Horncastle Road, Wragby: Report on an Archaeological Evaluation. OSA Site Code: HRW16.
  •  Archive: On Site Archaeology Ltd. 2017. Land at Horncastle Road, Wragby: Report on an Archaeological Evaluation. LCNCC: 2016.178.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Iron Age settlement enclosure, near Horncastle Road, Wragby (Monument)
  • Ridge and Furrow, Wragby (Monument)
  • Roman industrial activity, Wragby. (Monument)

Record last edited

May 24 2024 12:23PM

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