Monument record MLI22253 - RB SETTLEMENT, FLEET DRAIN

Summary

RB SETTLEMENT, FLEET DRAIN

Type and Period (3)

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)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. GEDNEY. TF 31 NE:7,1965, D.A..
  •  Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 7 SHEET G.
  •  Verbal Communication: SIMPSON, D.. HOLBEACH.
  •  Verbal Communication: MOSSOP, J.C.. HOLBEACH.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 106G:UK; 1489;4263-4,1946, .
  •  Index: SMR FILE. GEDNEY. TF 31 NE:J -.
  •  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
Civil Parish FLEET, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish GEDNEY, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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