Monument record MLI33103 - Romano-British Settlement Cropmarks, Dunsby
Summary
Cropmarks of a Romano-British settlement site, including evidence of salterns, visible on aerial photographs.
Type and Period (4)
- ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SALT WORKS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A group of small ditched enclosures with associated causeways and fields seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site was surveyed in 1951, and again as part of the Fenland Project. Finds included 2nd to 3rd century pottery, 2 pieces of grit quern, a few fragmants of cob, shells and bones scattered over areas of dark soil and on raised patches of land along a silty band. Fragments of an evaporating vessel were also found. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI2344 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 12 NW: 14.
- <2> SLI654 Article in Serial: Hallam, S.J.. 1960. Romano-British Salt Industry in South Lincolnshire. p.44.
- <3> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 12 NW: G.
- <4> SLI2147 Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. DUNSBY. - -.
- <5> SLI1079 Bibliographic Reference: Hayes, P. P. and Lane, T. W.. 1992. The Fenland Project No.5: Lincolnshire Survey, the South-West Fens. Vol. 55, pp.90-93 (DUN 26).
- <6> SLI89 Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. 1599/6-8, TF1527/3,5,6,8, JE91-93, LH9-11.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 1501 2727 (688m by 751m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DUNSBY, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Apr 12 2021 3:52PM
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