Monument record MLI43470 - Medieval pottery kiln site, Main Road, Toynton All Saints
Summary
Medieval pottery kiln site, Main Road, Toynton All Saints
Type and Period (4)
- QUARRY (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1539 AD)
- POTTERY KILN (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1539 AD)
- INDUSTRIAL SITE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 43470
(See also PRN 41029 for earlier pottery finds that may be related to this site, and PRN 41064 which may be associated with this site.)
DURING WORK IN ADVANCE OF A PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT A NUMBER OF INTERCUTTING PITS WERE FOUND THAT HAD INITIALLY BEEN DUG FOR CLAY EXTRACTION FOR POTTERY MANUFACTURE. THESE PITS HAD THEN BEEN BACK-FILLED WITH POTTERY DEBRIS FROM NEARBY KILNS, THERE IS ALSO A SUGGESTION THAT THERE IS A KILN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE OF THE TRENCHES. THE AREA WAS PART OF A LARGER INDUSTRIAL SITE FOR PART OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD LATER BEING USED FOR DOMESTIC OCCUPATION. THE REMAINS OF A TIMBER BUILDING FOUNDED ON AN INTERRUPTED STONE SILL WAS IDENTIFIED ON THE STREET FRONTAGE. THE POTTERY FOUND DATES BACK TO THE LATE THRITEENTH TO LATE FOURTEENTH CENTURIES. {1}{2}
A watching brief in 1999/2000 on land at 72 Main Road (TF 3940 6341) following evaluation in 1996 revealed numerous backfilled clay extraction pits, most intercutting one another. Again, evidence suggests that the peak of activity was thirteenth to fourteenth century, with considerably less in the fourteenth to sixteenth. {3}{4}
During a further watching brief on groundworks on land south of 72 Main Road deposits associated with a previously unknown late medieval pottery kiln were revealed. Evidence of backfilled caly extraction pits, filled with a mixture of clay, firing waste and pottery wasters was found over the areas affected by development. {5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI1958 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1996. Proposed Residential Development Main Street, Toynton All Saints: Archaeological Evaluation. TAS96.
- <2> SLI1705 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1996. Proposed Residential Development Main Street, Toynton All Saints: Archaeological Evaluation. LCNCC 128.96.
- <3> SLI5913 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Apr 2000. 72 Main Road, Toynton All Saints. TSS99.
- <4> SLI5914 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1999. 72 Main Road, Toynton All Saints. LCNCC 68.99.
- <5> SLI5915 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Apr 2000. Land south of 72 Main Road, Toynton All Saints. TAS98.
- <6> SLI5916 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1998. Land South of 72 Main Road, Toynton All Saints. LCNCC 196.98.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 3941 6340 (53m by 52m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TOYNTON ALL SAINTS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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