Monument record MLI42944 - Roman Road
Summary
Course of a Roman road, forming part of the route between Lincoln and Burgh le Marsh.
Type and Period (1)
- ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Course of part of a Roman road, thought to run from Lincoln to Burgh le Marsh. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}
Part of the course of the road through Orby parish was discerned as a cropmark on aerial photographs examined by the National Mapping Programme (PRN 42944a - TF 4749 6740). {9}
The course of the road in this area is also marked by a number of hedges and low banks, most noticable in the area around Redland's Holt. {10}
A section across the road was recorded in October 1999, during archaeological monitoring of the installation of a replacement gas pipeline between Trusthorpe and Candlesby. The section was to the east of Skendleby, at the point where the straight stretch of road from Ulceby turns sharply south and the line of the Roman road follows a tarmaced farm track (at TF 4484 6975). The pipeline route crossed the northern end of this farm track, and revealed two separate layers of crushed chalk below the modern tarmac surface. It was thought that the lower layer of crushed chalk had formed part of the Roman road, possibly being the original road surface, or perhaps comprising severely eroded remains of the foundations. No roadside ditches were evident in the section, although the trench was very narrow and the ground had been disturbed to the south by the construction of a water pipeline. {11}{12}
Another part of the road's course was identified as a diffuse linear magnetic anomaly in September 2001, during a magnetometry survey conducted to assess the proposed extension to Highfield Quarry, Welton le Marsh (PRN 42944b - TF45126947). {13}{14}
Sources/Archives (14)
- <1> SLI1094 Bibliographic Reference: Margary, I.D.. 1973. Roman Roads in Britain (3rd edition). No.27, pp.238-40, fig.7a.
- <2> SLI1093 Bibliographic Reference: J.B. Whitwell. 1992. Roman Lincolnshire. pp.51, 75, 139, fig.4.
- <3> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 47 SW: D.
- <4> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 27 NW: D.
- <5> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 46 NE: A, G.
- <6> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 27 NE: E.
- <7> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 37 SW: O.
- <8> SLI261 Article in Serial: FEACHAM, R.W.. 1966. ANTIQUITY. vol.40, p.145.
- <9> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF4767: LI.395.1.2.
- <10> SLI4550 Report: National Trust. 1986. Archaeological Survey, Gunby Hall. pp.15-6.
- <11> SLI5727 Report: Network Archaeology Ltd. 1999. Candlesby to Trusthorpe Hall Pipeline. Network site code: CBM99.
- <12> SLI5728 Archive: Network Archaeology Ltd. 1999. Candlesby to Trusthorpe Hall Pipeline. LCNCC 1999.290.
- <13> SLI9618 Report: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2002. Highfield Quarry, Welton Le Marsh. PCG site code: WMHQ 01.
- <14> SLI9619 Archive: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2002. Highfield Quarry, Welton Le Marsh. LCNCC 2001.105.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 4602 6868 (4892m by 4318m) Estimated from sources |
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Civil Parish | ORBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Civil Parish | WELTON LE MARSH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Civil Parish | BURGH LE MARSH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (8)
- Related to: COURSE OF ROMAN ROAD (Monument) (MLI42062)
- Related to: COURSE OF ROMAN ROAD, ASTERBY (Monument) (MLI42674)
- Related to: LINCOLN SECTION OF THE ROMAN ROAD FROM LINCOLN TO BURGH LE MARSH (Monument) (MLI70019)
- Related to: Line of Roman Road, Ranby (Monument) (MLI40319)
- Related to: ROMAN EVIDENCE IN FIELD IMMEDIATELY WEST OF CROSS BARN, ULCEBY CROSS (Monument) (MLI43249)
- Related to: Roman Road from Lincoln to Burgh le Marsh (Monument) (MLI50580)
- Related to: Roman Road, Sotby (Monument) (MLI40313)
- Related to: ROMANO BRITISH SETTLEMENT SITE, Dalby and Ulceby and Fordington (Monument) (MLI42035)
Related Events/Activities (3)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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