Monument record MLI20358 - Romano British saltmaking remains, Woodgate Farm, Moulton

Summary

A red hill and artefact scatter of pottery, baked clay fragments and evaporating vessel fragments suggest that this site was the location of Roman saltmaking.

Type and Period (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Concentrations of Romano British pottery sherds were found in dark patches of wide silt hillocks among a wide scatter throughout the western group of enclosures. The pottery dates from the early 2nd century and into the 4th century within area of 22115. {1} There is a 'red hill' (a Roman coastal site producing salt by boiling of seawater) on this site, with scatters of baked clay fragments, including support pieces, and evaporating vessel fragments. {3}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 2816S P 285.
  •  Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 6 SHEET F.
  •  Article in Serial: Hallam, S.J.. 1960. Romano-British Salt Industry in South Lincolnshire. pp.52, 64.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. MOULTON. TF 21 NE:9,1965, DA.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. MOULTON. TF 21 NE:F -.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 2846 1636 (200m by 189m)
Civil Parish MOULTON, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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