Monument record MLI20118 - Late Iron Age to Romano-British settlement activity

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Late Iron Age to Romano-British settlement activity

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PRN 20118 Distinct scatters of Romano-British material including pottery, fired clay, bone and quern were found during fieldwalking carried out as part of the Fenland Survey (TF 16900 28850). Briquetage was present in the northern part of the area. This group appears to form a village-like settlement. {1} Romano-British features and deposits, mostly ditches (including possible creeks) and some pits, were recorded during a watching brief in advance of the installation of a replacement watermain running north to south across the area. A small quantity of late Iron Age/early Roman pottery was found on the site, in unstratified or residual contexts.The Roman-British activity centred upon slightly raised ground coinciding with an east to west aligned roddon, which occupied much of the field in which the investigations took place. A sequence of deposits on the northern side of the roddon, an east to west aligned ditch, a probable dumped deposit containing frequent burnt clay fragments, and a pit were identified as potentially early elements, attributable to the 2nd to 3rd century AD. A series of ditches occupying the central part of the site, appear to have formed a later phase of activity. At the southern end the latter complex, a curvilinear ditch ran northeast, seeming to merge with a ditch aligned east to west, where a substantial quantity of late 3rd to 4th century pottery was recovered. The remaining ditches extending to the north appear to define enclosures (possibly contemporaneous) set out on east to west and north-south alignments. The latter group of ditches contained occasional pottery dated as 3rd to 4th century, as well as a slag hearth bottom. A large, elongated pit situated further to the north was attributed to the same phase. A potentially late phase of activity comprised a broad and shallow cut aligned east to west, merging with a large curvilinear cut, interpreted as a ditch or a creek, which ran in a northeasterly direction before turning to the east. A small quantity of late 3rd to 4th century pottery was recovered from the first feature, while 4th century pottery was found in the ditch or creek, along with occasional post Roman material (including a post medieval sherd) indicating the possibility of a much later date. A number of undated and unphased features were recorded; it is likely that these were also associated with Roman settlement activity. There was little direct evidence to suggest domestic occupation on the site and it was concluded that the features were probably agricultural in origin, with probable boundary and drainage functions. {2}{3}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Hayes, P. P. and Lane, T. W.. 1992. The Fenland Project No.5: Lincolnshire Survey, the South-West Fens. P 54 GAZ GOS7, 7A, 8, 19.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. May 2009. Archaeological Investigations along the route of a pipeline between Risegate and West Pinchbeck. RWP199.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. May 2009. Archaeological Investigations along the route of a pipeline between Risegate and West Pinchbeck. LCNCC 265.99.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. May 2009. Archaeological Investigations along the route of a pipeline between Risegate and West Pinchbeck. LCNCC 265.99.

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Grid reference Centred TF 1684 2898 (379m by 380m)
Civil Parish GOSBERTON, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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