Monument record MLI127022 - Prehistoric features, Poplar Farm, Grantham

Summary

Prehistoric features identified on land at Poplar Farm Primary School, Grantham.

Type and Period (4)

  • (Early Mesolithic to Late Iron Age - 10000 BC to 42 AD)
  • (Early Mesolithic to Late Iron Age - 10000 BC to 42 AD)
  • (Early Mesolithic to Late Iron Age - 10000 BC to 42 AD)
  • (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

A series of Prehistoric features were revealed on land at Poplar Farm, Grantham, during trial trenching in 2016. Two pits, two post holes, and a single east-west aligned ditch were identified. These features were tentatively dated to the Mesolithic or early Neolithic periods. A number of flint finds were recovered from the ditch, including a blade core, the mesial sections of two prismatic blades, and ten flint flakes. {1}{2} During a subsequent excavation in 2018, two further potentially Prehistoric pits were encountered, one of which may have been a natural tree throw or hollow that was reused as a fire pit. A substantial number of Prehistoric flints were recovered from nearby residual contexts and in the interface between the subsoil and natural during this excavation (see MLI127826 and MLI86436). {3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London). 2016. New 2 Form Entry Primary School, Poplar Farm, Grantham: An Archaeological Watching Brief and Evaluation by Trial Trenching. PCAL Site Code: PFGL16.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London). 2016. New 2 Form Entry Primary School, Poplar Farm, Grantham: An Archaeological Watching Brief and Evaluation by Trial Trenching. LCNCC: 2016.47.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London). 2018. Poplar Farm Primary School, Grantham: An Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample. PCAL Site Code: PFGL16.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London). 2016. Poplar Farm Primary School, Grantham: An Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample. LCNCC: 2016.47.

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Grid reference Centred SK 8974 3665 (209m by 131m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish GRANTHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Oct 1 2025 1:09PM

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