Monument record MLI20119 - Roman ritual site at Third Drove, Gosberton

Summary

Roman ritual site at Third Drove, Gosberton

Type and Period (3)

  • (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • (Roman - 250 AD? to 350 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 20119 THIS SITE DATES FROM THE ROMAN PERIOD AND CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY SAXON PERIOD. THERE WAS A SCATTER OF POTTERY WITH ABUNDANT ANIMAL BONE AND SHELL, A QUERN FRAGMENT AND A POSSIBLE TILE. IT IS SITUATED ON A RODDON. SUCH A CONTINUATION OF EARLY SAXON ON A ROMAN SITE IS RELATIVELY RARE NATIONALLY AND IS EXCEEDINGLY SO IN THE FENS. THE SITE WAS EXCAVATED IN 1993. BOTH ROMAN AND SAXON DITCHES WERE PRESENT, AS WELL AS OTHER FEATURES. THERE ARE FOUR MAIN PHASES OF ENCLOSURES AND STRUCTURES WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN DATED. THE AREA IS REMARKABLY DEVOID OF DOMESTIC WASTE THAT USUALLY LITTERS SUCH SITES, AND A PIGLET BURIAL WAS IDENTIFIED. THE SITE IS THOUGHT TO REPRESENT SOME FORM OF RITUAL SHRINE. {1}{2}, HTM 3.5M An excavation was carried out as part of the Fenland Management Project, revealing a shallow depression and ditches containing mid-third to mid-fourth century pottery. No definite indications of settlement continuity between the Roman and Early Saxon (see PRN 20120) periods were established, with ditches of the two periods being on different alignments, and it may be that the site's relatively elevated position made it a favourable location for resettlement.{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Hayes, P. P. and Lane, T. W.. 1992. The Fenland Project No.5: Lincolnshire Survey, the South-West Fens. GAZ GOS16.
  •  Article in Serial: LANE, T.W.. 1993. HERITAGE LINCOLNSHIRE THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. pp 30-32.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Crowson, A.; Lane, T. and Reeve. J. (eds). 2000. Fenland Management Project Excavations 1991-1995. GOS 16 (GBT93), pp.107-111.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 1772 2888 (106m by 106m)
Civil Parish GOSBERTON, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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