Monument record MLI33496 - ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY FINDS AND CROPMARK SITE, HORSE MARSH
Summary
ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY FINDS AND CROPMARK SITE, HORSE MARSH
Type and Period (4)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 33496
The ploughing of a field in Horse Marsh in February 1960 produced a scatter of fourth century Romano-British pottery in two concentrations. At these two points the plough, which had gone a little deeper than usual, also turned up gravel, and a further gravel spread unaccompanied by pottery was noted in the adjoining field at TF104085. Examination of vertical air photographs of the field revealed faint cropmarks which were difficult to interpret. {1}{2}{3}
In 1965 the finder confirmed the approximate area of the finds. The Welland Valley Archaeological Research Committee field officer had also picked up second and third century pottery from the area. {2}
A series of extremely well-defined cropmarks, suggesting irregular enclosures, was photographed from the air by Jim Pickering in 1962. {4}{5}
The cropmarks were mapped by RCHME in 1960 in 'A Matter of Time'. They appear to indicate a grid of ditched trackways with an enclosure or field boundary at the junction of three trackways. St Joseph aerial photographs of 1952 show these as distinct cropmarks. {6}{7}
The cropmarks may not be associated with the Roman pottery finds. {8}{9}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI660 Article in Serial: D.F. Petch. 1961. ‘Archaeological Notes for 1959 and 1960’ in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL 9 PART 1 p16.
- <2> SLI2778 Index: OS CARD INDEX. TALLINGTON. TF 10 NW:27,1965, HARPER F R.
- <3> SLI3319 Index: SMR FILE. TALLINGTON. TF 10 NW:AD FENNELL K R.
- <4> SLI2300 Index: WHITEHEAD S G. 1974. EAST MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN. No.10 p39.
- <5> SLI154 Aerial Photograph: PICKERING, J.. 1962-86. RCHME. 43/31A32;44/30A31,1962, .
- <6> SLI1057 Bibliographic Reference: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1960. A Matter of Time. Fig 7 No.42.
- <7> SLI175 Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. JG 42,48,1952, .
- <8> SLI173 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AGB 73, 1962.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 1041 0861 (336m by 407m) |
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Civil Parish | TALLINGTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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