Monument record MLI41358 - Saltern Sites, Marshchapel
Summary
Saltern sites at Marshchapel.
Type and Period (2)
- SALT WORKS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MACULA (Unknown date)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
[Includes Monument PRN42882 which has now been deleted.]
Area of salterns, thought to have been in use in 1595. Individual saltern mounds were identified at TA 3771 0068, TA 3738 0054, TA 3751 0026, TA 3801 0020, TA 3827 0005, TF 3847 9997. All of these sites are now under crop but show up as islands of high ground. {1}
Air photo cover undertaken of saltern area. {2}
Early aerial photograph shows salterns surviving as earthworks as well as cropmarks. {3}
Saltern cropmarks were observed on aerial photographs by the National Mapping Programme. {4}
Earthworks were observed on a site visit as part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marsh project. {5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI2631 Index: OS CARD INDEX. MARSHCHAPEL. TA 30 SE 1,1963, HARPER F R.
- <2> SLI111 Aerial Photograph: ST JOSEPH, J.K.S.. 1945-79. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. PF:73, 74, 81, 82, 87, 88, 89.
- <3> SLI148 Aerial Photograph: O.G.S. Crawford. 1920-46. RCHM. TA3600/1,1929, .
- <4> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. T3799:LI.41.1.1.
- <5> SLI10128 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2004. Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marsh: Archaeological and Historical Data Collection. -.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 3760 9982 (2180m by 2246m) Centre |
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Civil Parish | MARSHCHAPEL, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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