Monument record MLI35054 - MEDIEVAL POTTERY WASTERS BETWEEN BOURNE ROAD AND EASTGATE, BOURNE
Summary
MEDIEVAL POTTERY WASTERS BETWEEN BOURNE ROAD AND EASTGATE, BOURNE
Type and Period (2)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POTTERY KILN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 35054
DURING AN EVALUATION OF LAND BETWEEN SPALDING ROAD AND EASTGATE WELL PRESERVED EVIDENCE FOR MEDIEVAL POTTERY MAKING WAS IDENTIFIED. A LARGE PIT WAS FOUND CONTAINING A MASS OF BROKEN FOURTEENTH CENTURY POTTERY. THE POTTERY WAS WASTE FROM PRODUCTION AND THEREFORE IMPLIES THE PROXIMITY OF MEDIEVAL POTTERY KILNS ALTHOUGH NO EVIDENCE FOR ANY KILN WAS DISCOVERED. {1}{2}
ON LAND TO THE EAST OF HERE AN EVALUATION IDENTIFIED FURTHER WASTERS AND THIRTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY POTTERY,ALSO A SMALL PIT WITH FIFTEENTH CENTURY BOURNE WARE POTTERY WITHIN IT AT TF 1050 1992. {3}{4}
A watching brief was carried out on the former Spalding Road industrial estate. In the south of the area dumps of pottery wasters were identified. Two dumps were revealed which dated to the early 13th to early 14th century, and from the mid 15th to the mid 17th century. A further series of waster dumps was also identified which appears to date from the late 12th to the mid 13th century. {5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI1964 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1998. Archaeological Evaluation at Spalding Road Industrial Estate, Bourne. SRB97.
- <2> SLI1714 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 1998. Archaeological Evaluation at Spalding Road Industrial Estate, Bourne. LCNCC 305.97.
- <3> SLI1870 Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1998. Land adjacent to 76a Eastgate, Bourne. EGB98.
- <4> SLI1550 Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1998. Land adjacent to 76a Eastgate, Bourne. LCNCC 154.98.
- <5> SLI5732 Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2000. Former Spalding Road Industrial Estate. SRB99.
- <6> SLI5733 Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2000. Former Spalding Road Industrial Estate. LCNCC 8.99.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 1045 1993 (40m by 40m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BOURNE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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