Monument record MLI40583 - Iron Age/Roman site, Hall Lane/Barnack Lodge

Summary

Iron Age/Roman site, Hall Lane/Barnack Lodge, with evidence for agricultural activity and possible standing buildings in the vicinity during the Roman period.

Type and Period (6)

  • (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD)
  • (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD)
  • ? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • (Roman - 140 AD? to 409 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 40583 Roman pottery and a coin was found while digging a fishpond in 1987. {1} A V-shaped ditch, at grid reference TF 500 648, containing a few animal bones and sherds of Romano-British pottery, found during building work. The ditch ran north to south on an alignment with a wall of the nave of the parish church.{2} During a watching brief, two probable rubbish pits and a series of ditches and gullies were recorded. The ditches and gullies were thought to be land divisions for agricultural purposes. There may have been two phases of land division in the Roman period, one on a north-west to south-east alignment, the other on an east to west alignment, with a concentration of north-east to south-west aligned ditches towards the northern limit of the investigation area, which may possibly indicate a major boundary which was recut on more than one occasion. Although no settlement evidence was recovered, a quantity of roofing tile indicates the presence of standing buildings in the vicinity. The pottery assemblage, with a concentration in the 3rd and 4th centuries, is suggestive of a relatively high status Roman site, including as it does Lincoln material, Central Gaulish samian (including a mortarium), and a fine copy of a Samian bowl, manufactured in the Nene Valley.{3}{4} During geophysical survey and trial trenching, further features relating to this site were recorded. Undated features were recorded on the same alignment as Romano-British features, or cut by Romano-British features, and so are thought to be Iron Age in date. A large quantity of residual Iron Age pottery was found across the site, indicating significant activity during this period. The dating of the pottery assemblage for the site was broad, but a concentration of material dating to the 3rd and 4th centuries was noted. The two possible phases of land division observed during the watching brief were not observed during the evaluation - features ran on an east to west alignment. A large ditch feature is probably the major boundary identified during the watching brief; on the geophysical survey, this can be seen to run the full width of the development site (about 100m) on an east to west alignment. The date of origin for this feature is uncertain, but it is thought to have been largely silted up by the 3rd or 4th century AD. Although no direct settlement evidence was recorded on site, a large amount of domestic waste was recovered, indicating settlement in the vicinity. Iron smithing slag and hearth bottoms thought to be Roman in date were also recovered.{5}{6} During a watching brief in 2001, centred on TF 4999 6474, three sherds of mid second to third century pottery were recovered.{8}{9}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. BURGH LE MARSH. TF 56 SW -.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. BURGH LE MARSH. TF 56 SW Y, 1980, White, A.J..
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. July 2000. Development at Hall Lane, Burgh le Marsh. BMHL00.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. July 2000. Development at Hall Lane, Burgh le Marsh. LCNCC 2000.139.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. Jan 2001. Hall Lane, Burgh le Marsh. BMHL00.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Jan 2001. Hall Lane, Burgh le Marsh. LCNCC 2000.139.
  •  Report: Engineering Archaeological Services Ltd. June 2000. Burgh le Marsh, Hall Lane.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. Sept 2002. Plot 4, The Paddock, Burgh le Marsh. BTP4 01.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Sept 2002. Plot 4, The Paddock, Burgh le Marsh. LCNCC 2001.167.

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Grid reference Centred TF 4997 6474 (119m by 115m)
Civil Parish BURGH LE MARSH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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