Site Event/Activity record ELI4050 - Excavations on land between Old Place and Mareham Lane, 1963-4

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 0767 4599 (168m by 210m)
Civil Parish SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Archaeological Excavation

Organisation

JONES M U

Date

From 01 Oct 1963 to 31 May 1964 (approximately)

Map

Description

Further excavations in advance of housing development at the site was carried out by Margaret and Tom Jones in autumn 1963. They returned for a couple of days in May 1964 to investigate remains revealed in builders' trenches. It was during the 1963 season that the majority of the Iron age coin pellet mould fragments were discovered. {1}{2}

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Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Shelia M. Elsdon. 1997. Old Sleaford Revealed: A Lincolnshire Settlement in Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and Medieval Times: Excavations 1882-1995. pp 21-24.
  •  Correspondence: City and County Museum. 1960 onwards. Letters, notes and other material relating to the 1960s excavations at Old Sleaford. -.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Late Iron Age settlement in Old Sleaford (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 11 2008 11:00AM

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