Monument record MLI34694 - ROMANO BRITISH INDUSTRIAL AND SETTLEMENT SITE, EAST OF BITCHFIELD

Summary

ROMANO BRITISH INDUSTRIAL AND SETTLEMENT SITE, EAST OF BITCHFIELD

Type and Period (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

West of the bridleway known as Mereway (perhaps an Iron Age boundary line?) is a Roman industrial site. Fieldwork revealed six or eight distinct areas of clinker from iron smelting. Other finds include roof and floor tiles fairly well scattered across the site. Tiles include imbrices with initials stamped on them. There was considerable pottery but also some glass. Some of the clinker had crucible fragments attached. {1}

Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. BITCHFIELD AND BASSINGTHORPE. -,1993, HARDEN P.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 9945 2843 (141m by 79m)
Civil Parish BITCHFIELD AND BASSINGTHORPE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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