Monument record MLI22229 - ROMANO-BRITISH SETTLEMENT
Summary
ROMANO-BRITISH SETTLEMENT
Type and Period (2)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Concentrations of domestic debris, enormous quantities of 2nd to 4th century pottery (predominantly third century - the later pottery only moderate amounts) shells, bones, quern fragments, seen over nine patches of dark soil nearly all on parts of silty hillocks, and wide general scatters over raised silty areas at Frog's Abbey Gate, Holbeach. The site visited March 1952 but no ditch or channel layout distinguishable.{1}{2}{3}{4}
The farmer recalls Roman pottery in the plough soil at the indicated site but cannot recall which year.{1}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2563 Index: OS CARD INDEX. HOLBEACH. TF 32 SE:7,1965, D.A..
- <2> SLI63 Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 3521 P 314.
- <3> SLI3705 Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 5 SHEET E.
- <4> SLI3090 Index: SMR FILE HOLBEACH. HOLBEACH. TF 32 SE:P,1979, WHITE, A.J..
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 3573 2145 (345m by 239m) |
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Civil Parish | HOLBEACH, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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