Monument record MLI35055 - SITE OF POST MEDIEVAL POTTERY PRODUCTION BETWEEN SPALDING ROAD AND EASTGATE, BOURNE
Summary
SITE OF POST MEDIEVAL POTTERY PRODUCTION BETWEEN SPALDING ROAD AND EASTGATE, BOURNE
Type and Period (2)
- POTTERY KILN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
DURING AN EVALUATION ON LAND BETWEEN SPALDING ROAD AND EASTGATE EVIDENCE FOR POTTERY PRODUCTION ON THE SITE FOLLOWING A PHASE OF FLOODING WAS FOUND. THIS EVIDENCE INCLUDED SIXTEENTH CENTURY POTTERY AND AN AREA USED AS A WORKING FLOOR FOR THE CLAY PREPARATION. A CLAY PREPARATION PIT AND A TIMBER POST WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE WORKING SURFACE. THE POST SUGGESTS A STRUCTURE OF SOME KIND. THERE WAS ALSO EVIDENCE OF DUMPING OF ASH AND CHARCOAL PROBABLY FROM THE CLEANING OUT OF NEARBY POTTERY KILNS. THESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY WERE SEALED BY SOIL CONTAINING POTTERY OF SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DATE. THIS CORRELATES WITH DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE FOR THE DEMISE OF THE BOURNE POTTERIES OF SOMETIME IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FOLLOWING A MAJOR FIRE IN THE AREA. {1}{2}
ON LAND TO THE EAST OF HERE AN EVALUATION IDENTIFIED FURTHER WASTERS AND FIFTEENTH 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.
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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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