Site Event/Activity record ELI6781 - Land Adjacent to the High Street, Scampton

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 94876 79222 (13m by 18m) (Surveyed)
Civil Parish SCAMPTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Watching Brief

Organisation

Archaeological Project Services

Date

From 07 Oct 1996 to 07 Oct 1996 (on)

Map

Description

An archaeological watching brief was conducted during groundworks for the construction of a new dwelling and garage on land adjacent to the High Street, Scampton. The monitoring identified the remains of an east to west aligned ditch from which a sherd of medieval pottery was recovered. Two sherds of redeposited Roman pottery were also recovered from the ditch, along with further sherds of medieval pottery and animal bone fragments from an overlying buried soil layer. {1}{2}

External Links (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1996. Land Adjacent to the High Street, Scampton. APS site code: SCH96.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 1996. Land Adjacent to the High Street, Scampton. LCNCC 133.96.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Roman Pottery, High Street, Scampton (Find Spot)
  • Scampton Shrunken Medieval Village (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 24 2015 11:15AM

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