Monument record MLI34991 - MEDIEVAL RUBBISH PITS FOUND AT DYKE

Summary

MEDIEVAL RUBBISH PITS FOUND AT DYKE

Type and Period (2)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 34991 DURING A WATCHING BRIEF ON A PIPELINE UP TO FIVE FLAT-BOTTOMED PITS WERE NOTED CONTAINING POTTERY OF THE TWELFTH TO THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. THERE WAS ALSO A DITCH ALIGNED NORTH-SOUTH WHICH MAY BE A NATURAL FIELD DIVISION OR HOUSE PLOT BOUNDARY DRAINING INTO THE CAR DYKE; ASH IN THE FILL SUGGESTS THAT A HOUSE MAY HAVE BEEN NEARBY. THE POTTERY RECOVERED WAS INTERPRETED AS A DOMESTIC RUBBISH DEPOSIT AND HAS REGIONAL IMPORTANCE BECAUSE IT CONTAINED PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED FABRICS AND THE EARLIEST IDENTIFIED OCCURRENCE OF BOURNE WARE. THE BASES OF SOME PITS REACHED A LAYER OF FINE GRAVEL AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE PITS MAY HAVE BEEN DUG FOR GRAVEL TO USE AS ROAD METALLING MATERIAL. {1}{2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  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.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 1067 2245 (point)
Civil Parish BOURNE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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