Monument record MLI50065 - Undated Human Remains, Town Green, Scotter
Summary
Human remains of unknown date, found at the Town Green, Scotter.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Human remains of uncertain date have been reportedly found in this location. Cragg wrote that 'some years ago, on lowering the hill on the Town Green, a great many human bones were found which fell to dust when exposed to the air'. {1}{2}{3}
Further undated human and animal bone remains were found during the digging of a sewer trench between The Green and the corner of South Street, about 200 yards from the church. They could be related to nearby human remains, dated to the Anglo-Saxon period, although no associated artefacts were recovered and their date could not be established. {4}{5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. SE 80 SE: AE.
- <2> SLI1132 Bibliographic Reference: CRAGG, J.. 1820. TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF LINCOLNSHIRE. p.174.
- <3> SLI966 Bibliographic Reference: EMINSON T B F. 1892. Epidemic Pneumonia at Scotter: its History Causes and Future Prevention. p.3.
- <4> SLI4752 Unpublished Document: SMITH, R.G.. 1976. PARISH FILE. SCOTTER. Report 3, pp.46-7.
- <5> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. SE 80 SE: W.
- <6> SLI777 Article in Serial: WHITWELL, J.B.. 1967. 'Archaeological notes for 1966' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.2, p.53.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SE 8863 0090 (51m by 74m) Estimated from sources |
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Civil Parish | SCOTTER, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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