Monument record MLI12665 - STONE VAULT AND URN FOUND, BOSTON
Summary
STONE VAULT AND URN FOUND, BOSTON
Type and Period (1)
- WALL (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)
- <1> SLI2400 Index: OS CARD INDEX. BOSTON. TF34SW14,1965, J.R..
- <2> SLI1120 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.
- <3> SLI2920 Index: SMR FILE. BOSTON. TF34SW:H,1929, PHILLIPS, C.W..
- <4> SLI1110 Bibliographic Reference: STUKELEY, W.. 1715. STUKELEY'S LETTERS. VOL 2 P 257.
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Location
Grid reference | TF 3290 4370 (point) |
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Civil Parish | BOSTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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