Monument record MLI12665 - STONE VAULT AND URN FOUND, BOSTON

Summary

STONE VAULT AND URN FOUND, BOSTON

Type and Period (1)

  • (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Full Description

AT TF32984372, 'WORKMEN... RAISING UP AN OLD FOUNDATION OF STONE ON THE BACK SIDE OF OUR SCHOOL HOUSE, WHICH I HAD OFTEN JUDGED FORMERLY TO HAVE BEEN A ROMAN WALL, CLOSE BY OUR BARR DITCH (SEE 12644 AND 12645 FOR MEDIEVAL WALL AND DITCH), FOUND A SQUARE VAULT ENCLOSED WITH GREAT HEWN STONES ABOUT 2 FT SQUARE, AND IN IT A ROMAN URN.... FULL OF ASHES. THE PLACE WAS NEAR THE PASTURE I SHOWED YOU WHEN WE WERE AT HUSSEY TOWER, WHICH I SAID WAS THE SITE OF ONE OF OUR FRYERS'{1}{2}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. BOSTON. TF34SW14,1965, J.R..
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Lukis, W. C. (ed.). 1883. The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley M.D. and the Antiquarian and other Correspondence of William Stukeley, Roger and Samuel Gale. VOL 2 P 76, 257-8.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. BOSTON. TF34SW:H,1929, PHILLIPS, C.W..
  •  Bibliographic Reference: STUKELEY, W.. 1715. STUKELEY'S LETTERS. VOL 2 P 257.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 3290 4370 (point)
Civil Parish BOSTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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