Monument record MLI22144 - RB settlement and saltworking debris
Summary
RB settlement and saltworking debris
Type and Period (3)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SALT WORKS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Domestic debris, including late C1st-C4th pottery, mainly colour-coated ware, seen at five sites over area of dark soil. Pottery was prolific at C. A small amount of baked clay was found at A, and a few evaporating vessel sherds at D. Farm labourers do not recall any archaeological finds at site, now under crop. There is no evidence of RB domestic sites.{1} SITES LIE AT 8-10 FT OD AT THE NORTH WEST LIMIT OF A WIDE SILTY SPREAD, DROPPING GRADUALLY SOUTH TO 7.5 FT AND SUDDENLY IN THE NORTH WEST TO LOW CLAYS. SHERD AND BONE SCATTER OVER VERY CONSPICUOUS AREA OF DARK CRUMBLY SOIL 'c'; LESSER SCATTERS OVER RATHER INDEFINITE PATCHES OF DARK SOIL 'a,b,c' EACH ON ITS OWN RAISED AREA, WHILE 'q' SKIRTS EAST OF SILTY PLATEAU STRETCHING EAST FROM 'c'. ALL SITES LATE C2-EARLY C3, 'q' PROBABLY INTO C4. {4}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI2838 Index: OS CARD INDEX. WHAPLODE. TF 31 NW:3,1965, D.A..
- <2> SLI654 Article in Serial: Hallam, S.J.. 1960. Romano-British Salt Industry in South Lincolnshire. p.56.
- <3> SLI3378 Index: SMR FILE. WHAPLODE. TF 31 NW:A -.
- <4> SLI63 Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 3118 P 305-6 abcdq.
- <5> SLI3705 Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 7 SHEET G.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 3129 1830 (132m by 191m) |
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Civil Parish | WHAPLODE, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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