Monument record MLI34477 - ROMAN SITE, MORTON

Summary

ROMAN SITE, MORTON

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded
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Full Description

FIELDWALKING BY THE FENLAND SURVEY FOUND POTTERY, TILE, QUERN FRAGMENTS, BURNT STONE AND STONE RUBBLE AND SOME BONE. THE SITE WAS POSSIBLY ALIGNED ON THE ROAD AND A SMALL SCATTER OF TILE AND POTTERY FURTHER EAST OF THE SITE. POTTERY INCLUDED GREY WARES, SHELL-GRITTED WARE, MORTARIA AND COLOUR-COATED WARE. {1} A PIPETRENCH PASSED BESIDE THIS SITE IN 1996 BUT NO ARTEFACTS WERE SEEN ALTHOUGH A DITCH CONTAINING BURNT LIMESTONE RUBBLE THE REMAINS OF A BROAD BANK WERE SEEN. {2}{3} THERE ARE CROPMARKS IN THIS AREA (33169) OF A NUMBER OF ENCLOSURES. {4}{5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Hayes, P. P. and Lane, T. W.. 1992. The Fenland Project No.5: Lincolnshire Survey, the South-West Fens. Gaz: MOR 32; pp 121-30.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1996. Bourne to Morton Mains Replacement Scheme: Archaeological Monitoring at Dyke and Morton. BMM96.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1996. Bourne to Morton Mains Replacement Scheme: Archaeological Monitoring at Dyke and Morton. LCNCC 95.96.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. ABP45.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 3031/28A,1984, .

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Location

Grid reference TF 1050 2374 (point)
Civil Parish MORTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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