MLI41856 - Roman Cemetery, Bryant Close, Horncastle

Monument record MLI41856 - Roman Cemetery, Bryant Close, Horncastle

Summary

Roman Cemetery, Bryant Close, Horncastle

Type and Period (3)

BURIAL (Unknown date)
CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BURIAL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Conservation Area: Horncastle

Full Description

PRN 41856 includes the now deleted records of 42761, 41866, 42751, 41897, 41896 Inhumation burials of five adults and a child (?) dating to Romano-British date were found at Croft House in 1963 (TF2615 6934) The burials were in shallow cuts approximately nine inches deep and were orientated both north-south and east-west. The graves were not lined and the only artefactual evidence was a melon bead. {1}{2}{3} Possible human remains were found at 1 Croft Street. (TF 2614 6934). {7} During the laying of sewers in the 1970's human bones were found on Queen Street near the junction with Croft Street. Further reports of human bones were made in the early twentieth century in South Street/Bryant Close. {7} In 1872, purported when the foundations were laid for the New Jerusalem Chapel three Roman lead coffins were recorded '...within some two hundred yards of the others'. {4}{5}{6} Skeletons of unknown date were found at a depth of 3-3 feet during building work on the north side of Bryant Close in 1960. No dateable evidence was recovered. {7}{8} In 1889 two lead coffins were found in a garden near Queen Street. The first coffin was 5 feet 2 inches (155cm) long and contained a female skeleton; the second lay parallel to the first, over 5 feet 7inches (162cm) long and contained a male skeleton. Both were orientated east-west (Christian?) and fragments of decayed wood, long iron nails and clamps were found. {9}{5}{3}

Sources/Archives (10)

<1> SLI3096 Index: SMR FILE. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE T,1978, TMA.
<2> SLI666 Article in Serial: WHITWELL, J.B.. 1964. Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL 10 PART 2 P9.
<3> SLI2569 Index: OS CARD INDEX. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE 2,1964, COLQUHOUN F.
<4> SLI3096 Index: SMR FILE. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE BT,1978, TMA.
<5> SLI14185 Bibliographic Reference: CONWAY WALTER J. 1908. HISTORY OF HORNCASTLE. PP6-8.
<5> SLI879 Bibliographic Reference: CONWAY WALTER J. 1908. HISTORY OF HORNCASTLE. PP6-8.
<6> SLI2569 Index: OS CARD INDEX. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE 2,1964, COLQUHOUN F I.
<7> SLI700 Article in Serial: Field, F.N. and Hurst, Henry. 1983. 'Roman Horncastle' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. Volume 18, page 78; 30.
<8> SLI3096 Index: SMR FILE. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE J,1978, PETCH, D.F..
<9> SLI3096 Index: SMR FILE. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE BS, 1978 TMA.

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Grid reference	Centred TF 2611 6934 (179m by 88m)
Civil Parish	HORNCASTLE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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