Monument record MLI22147 - RB SETTLEMENT AND SALTWORKING SITE, FLAG LANE NORTH
Summary
RB SETTLEMENT AND SALTWORKING SITE, FLAG LANE NORTH
Type and Period (4)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- INDUSTRIAL SITE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- DROVE ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Cropmarks of ditched enclosures linked by droves to adjacent groups, and partly obscured by later parallel drainage ditches, visible on APs, surveyed December 1950 and March 1952. There are no surface indications of occupation.{1} Group of Roman settlement sites observed and surveyed 1950-52 by Mrs S J Hallam. Air photos show ditched enclosures, drove-ways, later drainage ditches. {3} LARGE COMPACT SETTLEMENT WITH INDUSTRIAL SITES WITH LATER PARALLEL DITCHES. FIELD NETWORK CONTINUOUS SOUTH AND NORTH EAST ALONG DROVE. WELL-DEFINED PATCHES OF SOIL AND RELIEF CONTRASTS, INTERSECTED BY IRREGULAR STRIP DIVISIONS, WIDE BELT OF RAISED SILTY PATCHES FROM SSSW TO NNE, LOW CLAY AREAS MARKED OFF BY PEATY DITCH LINES TO NORTH WEST AND EAST. {4}{5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI2838 Index: OS CARD INDEX. WHAPLODE. TF 31 NW:11,1965, D.A..
- <2> SLI654 Article in Serial: Hallam, S.J.. 1960. Romano-British Salt Industry in South Lincolnshire. -.
- <3> SLI3378 Index: SMR FILE. WHAPLODE. TF 31 NW:I,1976, R.W.H..
- <4> SLI63 Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 3217 P 307-8.
- <5> SLI3705 Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 7 SHEET G.
- <6> SLI173 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. YF10,1959, .
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 3257 1734 (881m by 1016m) |
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Civil Parish | WHAPLODE, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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