Monument record MLI30406 - ROMANO-BRITISH SITE AT THE GINCHESTERS', MARSTON
Summary
ROMANO-BRITISH SITE AT THE GINCHESTERS', MARSTON
Type and Period (3)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
ROMAN POTTERY HAS BEEN PICKED UP IN THE FIELD KNOWN AS 'THE GINCHESTER' AND WAS FOUND DURING DRAINAGE WORK IN 1932. FIELDWALKING IN THE LATE 1960s PRODUCED FURTHER FINDS, INCLUDING ROOFING TILES AND STONE ON A SLIGHTLY ELEVATED AREA. {1}{2}{3}{4}
AN UNDATED AP SHOWS AN IRREGULAR ELONGATED AREA OF CROPMARKS WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE ADJACENT FIELDS AND CONSISTS OF A COMPLEX OF FAIRLY REGULAR SQUARE AND RECTANGULAR DITCHED ENCLOSURES MANY WITH INTERNAL SUB-DIVISIONS, POSSIBLE STRUCTURES AND PITS. POSSIBLY REPRESENTS A SMALL ROMANO-BRITISH SETTLEMENT OR LARGE FARMSTEAD. {6}
Roman cropmark enclosures. {7}
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SLI3164 Index: SMR FILE. MARSTON. SK 84 SE:D,1932, PHILLIPS, C.W..
- <2> SLI3164 Index: SMR FILE. MARSTON. SK 84 SE:E RUDKIN D.
- <3> SLI2632 Index: OS CARD INDEX. MARSTON. SK 84 SE:14,1965, SEAMAN B H.
- <4> SLI1355 Correspondence: RUDKIN, E.H.. 1968. PARISH FILE. -.
- <5> SLI8 Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 223.76.
- <6> SLI193 Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. SK 8843/2 (255-7), 1970; SK 8744/9 (255-35), 1970.
- <7> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. LI.739.34.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 8839 4306 (381m by 498m) |
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Civil Parish | MARSTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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