Monument record MLI22253 - RB SETTLEMENT, FLEET DRAIN
Summary
RB SETTLEMENT, FLEET DRAIN
Type and Period (3)
- ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
AREA TF364180 'A'; TF366180 'B' 2ND CENTURY POTTERY SCATTER REPORTED 1953 OVER AREA A, WEST OF FLEET DRAIN, FLEET.{2}{3}
(SITE VISITED AUG 1953, BUT NOT EXAMINED AS IT WAS UNDER CROP). ROMAN POTTERY PLOUGHED UP WEST OF LOWLAND DRAIN, GEDNEY AT B.{2}{4}
APs SHOW CROPMARKS OF SMALL RECTANGULAR DITCHED ENCLOSURES, FIELDS ETC EXTENDING BEYOND LIMITS SHOWN BY 1, IN AN AREA OF CONSDIERABLE ROMAN SETTLEMENT.{1}{2}{3}{4}
BOTH INDICATED AREAS UNDER CROP AND SHOW NO EVIDENCE OF OCCUPATION. NEITHER SIMPSON NOR MOSSOP RETAIN SHERDS OF POTTERY FROM HERE.{1}
EXTENSIVE SETTLEMENT WITH LATE SECOND CENTURY POTTERY FROM BOTH SIDES OF FLEET DRAIN. {7}
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SLI2508 Index: OS CARD INDEX. GEDNEY. TF 31 NE:7,1965, D.A..
- <2> SLI3705 Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 7 SHEET G.
- <3> SLI5029 Verbal Communication: SIMPSON, D.. HOLBEACH.
- <4> SLI4983 Verbal Communication: MOSSOP, J.C.. HOLBEACH.
- <5> SLI134 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 106G:UK; 1489;4263-4,1946, .
- <6> SLI3034 Index: SMR FILE. GEDNEY. TF 31 NE:J -.
- <7> SLI63 Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 3618 P 311.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 3652 1807 (431m by 240m) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | FLEET, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Civil Parish | GEDNEY, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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