Monument record MLI30681 - ROMANO BRITISH BURIALS FOUND NEAR STAMFORD
Summary
ROMANO BRITISH BURIALS FOUND NEAR STAMFORD
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 30681
LARGE STONE COFFIN FOUND 'NEAR STAMFORD' WHEN PLOUGHING. CONTAINED 2 SKELETONS AND THERE WERE THE REMAINS OF A THIRD OUTSIDE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN WITHIN A WOODEN COFFIN. FRAGMENTS OF ABOUT A DOZEN SMALL VESSELS WITH A GLASS LACHRYMATORY WERE FOUND IN THE COFFIN. THE POTTERY APPEARED TO BE CASTOR WARE. THE SITE OF THE FINDS IS ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM ERMINE STREET. {1}{2}
MRS GILCHRIST'S FARM FROM WHICH A COFFIN WAS REMOVED. A BODY LAY TO THE N OF AND PARALLEL TO THE COFFIN. THE COFFIN LAY E-W WITH THE SKULL AT THE W END. A SMALLER SKULL LAY AT THE E END. DISCUSSION OF FINDS INCLUDING A BONE PILL THAT WENT TO 'STAMFORD INSTITUTE MUSEUM'. {3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI3292 Index: SMR cards for Stamford. STAMFORD. TF 00 NW H,1930, PHILLIPS, C.W..
- <2> SLI920 Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. -.
- <3> SLI3986 Serial: 1868. STAMFORD MERCURY. -.
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Location
Grid reference | Not recorded |
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Civil Parish | STAMFORD, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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