Monument record MLI125054 - Roman Ditches, Gainsborough Road, Lea
Summary
A number of Roman ditches, on land off Gainsborough Road, Lea.
Type and Period (1)
- DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A number of possible former ditches and enclosures were revealed in this area in September 2015, during a magnetometry survey of land off Gainsborough Road. These features were identified as a series of linear and curvilinear magnetic anomalies, located at the western end of the surveyed area. No conclusive date could be offered for these features, however, and their origins remains uncertain. {1}{2}
The presence of a number of ditched features and probable enclosures in this area was confirmed in December 2015, during a subsequent phase of trial trenching on land off Gainsborough Road. Although many of the features could not be dated (see PRN 58157), sherds of early Roman grey ware pottery were recovered from the fills of several of the ditches at the eastern end of the site, suggesting a date for some of this activity. Analysis of environmental samples taken from these features proved inconclusive, however, with the quantity of identifiable material recovered being too small for detailed study. {3}{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI15971 Report: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2015. Land off Gainsborough Road, Lea. AAL site code: LEGR 15.
- <2> SLI15972 Archive: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2015. Land off Gainsborough Road, Lea. LCNCC 2015.115.
- <3> SLI15973 Report: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2016. Land off Gainsborough Road, Lea. AAL site code: LEGR 15.
- <4> SLI15974 Archive: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2016. Land off Gainsborough Road, Lea. LCNCC 2015.115.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 8300 8615 (113m by 129m) Estimated from sources |
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Civil Parish | LEA, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Geophysical Survey on Land off Gainsborough Road, Lea (ELI12996)
- Event - Intervention: Land off Gainsborough Road, Lea (ELI12998)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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