Monument record MLI22025 - CROPMARK COMPLEX OF SETTLEMENT NORTH OF COX'S FARM, POSTLAND
Summary
CROPMARK COMPLEX OF SETTLEMENT NORTH OF COX'S FARM, POSTLAND
Type and Period (4)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- INDUSTRIAL SITE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Compact groups of small ditched enclosures on levels of large extinct watercourse, with associated droves and field drainage pattern off the levees, seen on APs. Surveyed 1951-2. There was concentration of evaporating vessel fragments at about TF28551176 (PRN 23147, 23148); patches of dark soil scattered with occupation debris at about TF28771191 (PRN 23149). A raised area at about TF28821161 (PRN 23151) which was said by the farmer to have produced abundant domestic debris when first ploughed, was not examined. The little pottery dates from mid-C2nd-end C3rd. A great deal of pottery, shells, bone etc. was turned up when fields were first ploughed in early 1930s, noted by C W Phillips.{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI2461 Index: OS CARD INDEX. CROWLAND. TF 21 SE:10,1965, D.A..
- <2> SLI654 Article in Serial: Hallam, S.J.. 1960. Romano-British Salt Industry in South Lincolnshire. pp.50-1.
- <3> SLI2980 Index: SMR FILE. CROWLAND. TF 21 SE:K, B,1951, -.
- <4> SLI3705 Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 8B SHEET H.
- <5> SLI63 Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZETEER 2811 2911W.
- <6> SLI170 Aerial Photograph: ALLEN, G.W.G.. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM. -.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 2885 1192 (1585m by 1168m) |
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Civil Parish | CROWLAND, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (8)
- Related to: PREHISTORIC FLINT ON ROMANO BRITISH SETTLEMENT SITE (Find Spot) (MLI23150)
- Related to: RB ARTEFACTS (Monument) (MLI23149)
- Related to: RB POTTERY FOUND (Monument) (MLI22026)
- Related to: ROMANO BRITISH SALTERN SITE (Monument) (MLI23154)
- Related to: ROMANO BRITISH SALTERN SITE, CROWLAND (Monument) (MLI23147)
- Related to: ROMANO BRITISH SETTLEMENT ARTEFACTS (Monument) (MLI23153)
- Related to: ROMANO BRITISH SETTLEMENT ARTEFACTS (Monument) (MLI23155)
- Related to: ROMANO-BRITISH SETTLEMENT SITE, CROWLAND (Monument) (MLI23151)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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