Monument record MLI20009 - ROMAN DOMESTIC AND SALT-WORKING SITES, SOUTH EAST OF LOWER DELGATE FARM
Summary
ROMAN DOMESTIC AND SALT-WORKING SITES, SOUTH EAST OF LOWER DELGATE FARM
Type and Period (3)
- SALT WORKS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Patches of Roman debris deep-ploughed up in area where a network of small watercourses and some very irregular ditched enclosures had been obscured by medieval or later parallel drainage. Surveyed in January 1951. At TF27821668 a considerable quantity of baked clay and evaporating vessel fragments formed a definite 'red hill'. Among domestic debris was pottery, C1st to early 3rd including samian. At B:TF27891673 an abundance of saltern debris and baked clay floors, indicating structures.{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
At C:TF28171673 - late lst and early 2nd pottery, bones, shells, hut-loam etc. There was also a little saltern debris. The majority of Mrs Hallams' finds are in the City and County Museum, Lincoln.{1}
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SLI2837 Index: OS CARD INDEX. WESTON. TF 21 NE:8,1965, D.A..
- <2> SLI654 Article in Serial: Hallam, S.J.. 1960. Romano-British Salt Industry in South Lincolnshire. pp.51-2.
- <3> SLI618 Article in Serial: NENQUIN, J.. 1961. SALT: A STUDY IN ECONOMIC PREHISTORY. vol.6, p.65-70.
- <4> SLI3377 Index: SMR FILE. WESTON. TF 21 NE:C -.
- <5> SLI4102 Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1970. AM 7. SAM 230.
- <6> SLI63 Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 2816N.
- <7> SLI3705 Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 6 SHEET F.
- <8> SLI173 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. LG89,90,92-95,1951, .
- <9> SLI173 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. FN48-51,1953, .
- <10> SLI4030 Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1987. AM 107. SAM 230.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 2801 1666 (471m by 281m) Estimated from sources |
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Civil Parish | WESTON, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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