Site Event/Activity record ELI4055 - Excavations on land immediately north of the Grantham to Sleaford Railway line, 1990-91

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 0791 4542 (660m by 273m)
Civil Parish SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Trial Trenching

Organisation

Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire

Date

From 01 Nov 1990 to 28 Feb 1991 (approximately)

Map

Description

Trial excavations consisting of at least eleven trenches including three over the area of the Roman road were undertaken prior to housing development on the site. {1}{2}

External Links (1)

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.26-27.
  •  Report: Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire. 1991. Archaeological Excavations, Booker Seeds, Boston Road, Sleaford. -.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Mareham Lane Roman Road, Sleaford (Monument)
  • Medieval re-use of a stretch of Mareham Lane at Old Sleaford (Monument)
  • Middle Iron Age activity to the south of Boston Road, Old Sleaford (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 22 2013 11:08AM

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