Site Event/Activity record ELI4046 - Excavations adjacent to St Giles Avenue, 1955.

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 077 460 (66m by 121m)
Civil Parish SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Archaeological Excavation

Organisation

FENNELL K R

Date

From 20 Jul 1955 to 21 Oct 1955 (between)

Map

Description

K R Fennell dug two trenches in an attempt to locate Mareham Lane. This was successful, and traces of a roadside building were also uncovered along with earlier ditches. {1}{2}

External Links (0)

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Shelia M. Elsdon. 1997. Old Sleaford Revealed: A Lincolnshire Settlement in Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and Medieval Times: Excavations 1882-1995. pp 12-13.
  •  Report: FENNELL, K.R.. 1955. Excavations at Old Place, Sleaford (July-October 1955). -.
  •  Article in Serial: FENNELL, K.R.. 1959. 'King Street in Kesteven and some notes on Old Sleaford' in The Lincolnshire Historian. Vol 2 No. 6, pp 22-27.

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • Late Iron Age settlement in Old Sleaford (Monument)
  • Mareham Lane Roman Road, Sleaford (Monument)
  • Romano-British roadside settlement to the north of Boston Road, Sleaford (Monument)
  • Site of the medieval church of St Giles, Old Sleaford (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 11 2008 1:11PM

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