Monument record MLI22300 - RB SETTLEMENT, COLE'S BRIDGE

Summary

RB SETTLEMENT, COLE'S BRIDGE

Type and Period (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Probable Roman settlement group extending both sides of New South Eau. A compact group of tiny ditched enclosures between two double-ditched droves seen as crop and soilmarks, under plough, on APs. Site not visited. The site continues into Cambridgeshire. {1}{2}{3}{4} Area under crop - no surface evidence of occupation, no local knowledge of archaeological finds. {1} North of the New South Eau the land is arable, partly fresh plough, part strawberries, and the area of concentrated cropmarks still under beet. Perambulated where possible, but no finds were made. The wife of one of the farmers of the area has several Roman coins, one found here. From a brief inspection it seems to be an as or sestertius possibly of Antoninus Pius.{8} Recent APs (ie c.1998) show cropmark ditches in the field to the east of Coronation Avenue. Two ponds have been excavated on the line of part of the features; lots of well-fired pottery was recovered during their excavation. Information from Cambridgeshire SMR. {10}{11}

Sources/Archives (11)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. SUTTON ST EDMUND. TF 30 NE:1,1965, V.J.B..
  •  Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 10 SHEET B.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 106G:UK;1489; 4447,1946, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: ALLEN, G.W.G.. 1938. -.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. SUTTON ST EDMUND. TF 30 NE:A -.
  •  Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 3509S P 297.
  •  Unpublished Document: F.R.H.. 1954. PARISH FILE. SUTTON ST EDMUND. CAMBS SMR TF30NE:1.1; F1.
  •  Unpublished Document: BHS. 1972. PARISH FILE. SUTTON ST EDMUND. CAMBS SMR TF30NE1.1 F1.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. NH42-46,1954, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: Lambie, J.. -.
  •  Index: Cambridgeshire SMR. see parish file.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 3545 0927 (531m by 218m)
Civil Parish SUTTON ST EDMUND, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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