Monument record MLI43081 - Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Saltworking Remains, Newton Marsh Lane
Summary
Late Bronze Age/early Iron Age saltworking remains, Newton Marsh Lane.
Type and Period (4)
- SALT WORKS (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- HEARTH (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- SALTERN (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Geophysical survey identified an area of burnt clay possibly representing a hearth or saltern site. {1}
The site identified during geophysical survey was fully excavated and revealed to be a saltern of late Bronze Age date. A natural pool, pits and ditches and the hearth were identified, environmental samples taken and briquetage and pottery of Bronze Age date recovered. All these features may have been utilised during the saltmaking process - see report for details. {2}{3}{4}
The watching brief around the area of the 1993 late Bronze Age or early Iron Age saltern excavation site demonstrated that the archaeological site identified by geophysical survey in 1992 formed part of a more extensive complex. Although pottery was found, few prehistoric vessels were represented and briquetage remained the most frequent artefact, confirming the site was industrial. A small number of features with inconclusive interpretations were recorded, but there was no evidence for identifiable dwellings. Most of the isolated post and stakeholes may have supported short fence type structures possibly removed when the site was abandoned. {5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI3458 Report: Oxford Archaeotechnics. 1992. Land at Tetney: Magnetic Susceptibility & Magnetometer Survey. -.
- <2> SLI1959 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1994. Salt Processing in the Late Bronze Age at Tetney. -.
- <3> SLI696 Article in Serial: F.N. Field and I. George. 1994. Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 29 P 50.
- <4> SLI13690 Article in Serial: PALMER-BROWN C. 1993. 'Bronze Age salt production at Tetney' in Current Archaeology. no.136, pp.143-45..
- <5> SLI5254 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1995. Newton Marsh Sewage Treatment Works, Tetney: Archaeological Monitoring of 'Project Clearwater '95'. TE 93; TEI 94; TE 94.
- <6> SLI1670 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1995. Newton Marsh Sewage Treatment Works, Tetney: Archaeological Monitoring of 'Project Clearwater '95'. LCNCC 47.93.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TA 3322 0326 (422m by 420m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TETNEY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Event - Intervention: Archaeological excavation at Tetney inlet pipeline (ELI6825)
- Event - Intervention: Archaeological excavation of a saltern site at Tetney (ELI6821)
- Event - Survey: Geophysical survey at Tetney (ELI434)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief along Newton Marsh Lane to King's Road, Cleethorpes rising main pipeline route (ELI6824)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief at Newton Marsh sewage works site, Tetney (ELI6822)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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