Monument record MLI33896 - ROMANO BRITISH OCCUPATION SITE, COLSTERWORTH
Summary
ROMANO BRITISH OCCUPATION SITE, COLSTERWORTH
Type and Period (4)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A ROMAN SETTLEMENT SITE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE WORKINGS OF FRODINGHAM IRON AND STEEL COMPANY IN 1934 ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM THE ROMANO BRITISH FURNACE DISCOVERED IN 1932 (33894). A WELL, ABOUT 2FT INTERNAL DIAMETER AND OVER 30FT DEEP WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN ANIMAL BONES, HORN, A SMALL BROOCH AND POTTERY. WITHIN 50 YARDS OF THE WELL SOME 10 SKELETONS WERE FOUND, INCLUDING A WOMAN WITH FEET TO THE E (AND WEARING A BRONZE BRACELET) ALONG WITH BONES OF AN ANIMAL, PERHAPS A HORSE. ADJACENT TO THE WELL AND GRAVE WAS AN IN-FILLED TRENCH ABOUT 50 YARDS LONG AND 2FT 6INCHES DEEP SUGGESTING THE SITE WAS A FORTIFIED SETTLEMENT. PRESENT LOCATION OF MATERIAL NOT KNOWN. {1}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI2449 Index: OS CARD INDEX. COLSTERWORTH. SK 92 SW 17,1965, DA.
- <2> SLI3862 Serial: 1934. GRANTHAM JOURNAL. -.
- <3> SLI323 Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL91 P164.
- <4> SLI2968 Index: SMR FILE. COLSTERWORTH. SK 92 SW P,1934, TMA.
- <5> SLI3998 Serial: 1955. STAMFORD MERCURY. P5.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 918 240 (233m by 332m) |
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Civil Parish | COLSTERWORTH, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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