Monument record MLI30581 - ROMAN FINDS FROM WOOLSTHORPE
Summary
ROMAN FINDS FROM WOOLSTHORPE
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Prehistoric to medieval settlement was revealed and destroyed by surface ironworkings at different times since 1882 along a strip of land about 1 mile long and a quarter to a half a mile wide on either side of Sewstern Lane, where it divides Woolsthorpe and Denton.
The finds included prehistoric and Roman pottery, ashes, debris, deer antlers and boar tusks, querns, loom weights, slag, clay blocks, perhaps kiln furniture were found.
THE FINDS INCLUDE ROMAN. ... IN AND AROUND THIS WALLED SPACE WERE FOUND 2 ACRES OF METALLING AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN EXTENSIVE BUILDING ABOUT 6 TO 18 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE, SOME OF THE STONES WERE FIRED AND HAD ASHES LYING ON THEM AS IF THE PLACE HAD BEEN BURNT. A NUMBER OF FLAT TILES c0.75 INCHES THICK WITH 1 HOLE FOR PEGGING AND THE SIDES RAISED 2 INCHES AND DRAWING IN TO ONE END. ALSO ROMAN POTTERY WAS FOUND. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI3914 Serial: WELBY, A.. 1919. LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES. VOL15 P150.
- <2> SLI358 Article in Serial: 1886. Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. P132.
- <3> SLI597 Article in Serial: HILL, A.. 1907. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. VOL21 P420.
- <4> SLI323 Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL91.
- <5> SLI2547 Index: OS CARD INDEX. HARLAXTON. SK 83 SW 3,1965, FC.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 844 330 (803m by 1435m) Centre |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WOOLSTHORPE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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