Monument record MLI50434 - ROMAN BURIAL AND POSSIBLE BARROW, WRAGBY ROAD EAST
Summary
ROMAN BURIAL AND POSSIBLE BARROW, WRAGBY ROAD EAST
Type and Period (3)
- BURIAL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CIST (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ROUND BARROW (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
STONE CIST ENCLOSING A LATE C2 GREY JAR WITH A CREMATION BURIAL INSIDE. FOUND DURING PLOUGHING IN OCTOBER 1961. PLOUGHING IN 1955 AT THE SAME SPOT PRODUCED SEVERAL TEAR BOTTLES, NOW LOST. POSSIBLE SITE OF BARROW. URN IN LINCOLN MUSEUM. {1}{2}{3}
LINCOLN MUSEUM RETAIN THE CIST AND URN, AN IRON LAMPHOLDER AND ROMAN POT SHERDS. THEIR RECORDS INCLUDE A DIMENSIONED SKETCH GIVING EXACT SITING TO TF 208274720. THE FINDER CONFIRMED THE SITE AND CIRCUMSTANCES. HE ALSO RECOLLECTS THAT A FARM LABOURER FOUND THE 'TEAR BOTTLES', BUT LATER THREW THEM AWAY. THERE IS NO TRACE OF A MOUND IN THE AREA UNDER CROP. {1}, HTM 18 M
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI2645 Index: OS CARD INDEX. NETTLEHAM. TF 07 SW:17,1964, HARPER F R.
- <2> SLI3179 Index: SMR FILE. NETTLEHAM. TF 07 SW:A -.
- <3> SLI8 Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 67.61; LM 68.61.
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Location
Grid reference | TF 0282 7472 (point) |
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Civil Parish | NETTLEHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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