Monument record MLI50569 - SITE OF ROMAN BUILDING, EAST OF THORESWAY
Summary
SITE OF ROMAN BUILDING, EAST OF THORESWAY
Type and Period (3)
- FARMSTEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VILLA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
POSSIBLE ROMAN FARM SITE, PART IN PLOUGHED FIELD AND PART IN GRASS FIELD ADJOINING. EARTHWORKS TESTED IN GRASS FIELD SHOW WALLS STANDING 18 INCHES HIGH. STONEWORK AND ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY IN THE STREAM BED IN THE SAME FIELD SUGGEST A FORD ACROSS THE STREAM AND A TRACK LEADING TO THE BUILDINGS. {2}
ROMANO-BRITISH FINDS COLLECTED BY D EVERATT 1966-68 OF C2-C4 POTTERY INCLUDING CREAM FABRIC MORTARIA, GREYWARES, GRITTY WARES AND DALES WARE; AN IRON KEY, AND OTHER IRON OBJECTS OF UNCERTAIN DATE; A C3 BRONZE RADIATE; C4 COINS; BONES, AND A DECORATED BONE PLATE POSSIBLY THE END OF A COMB. IN ADDITION TRACES OF A LANE AND 3 RECTANGULAR DITCHED ENCLOSURES WERE VISIBLE AS SOILMARKS. {1}{3}{4}
FRAGMENTARY CROPMARKS SHOWING ENCLOSURES AND ASSOCIATED BOUNDARIES, WITH SUGGESTIONS OF FEATURES ALONG THE VALLEY BOTTOM TO THE NORTH. {5}{6}
FURTHER FINDS OF PAINTED WALL PLASTER, C4 COINS, AN IRON KNIFE, ROOF AND FLOOR TILES, A BRONZE PIN, IRON NAILS AND COAL WERE FOUND BY D EVERATT IN 1970. {7}
POSSIBLY MARKED ON NMP OVERLAY, AND INCLUDED THORESWAY SHRUNKEN VILLAGE REMAINS. {8}, HTM 75M
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI3331 Index: SMR FILE. THORESWAY. TF 19 NE: G, G1,1968, EVERATT D.
- <2> SLI4763 Unpublished Document: STRAWSON. PARISH FILE. THORESWAY. NOTE IN PARISH FILE.
- <3> SLI777 Article in Serial: WHITWELL, J.B.. 1967. 'Archaeological notes for 1966' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 2 P 40.
- <4> SLI774 Article in Serial: J.B. Whitwell and Catherine M. Wilson. 1969. LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. VOL 4 P 104; FIG 3.
- <5> SLI74 Article in Monograph: Dilwyn Jones. 1989. 'Aerial Evidence from the Survey Area and its Environs' in Archaeology and Landscape Studies in North Lincolnshire. BAR 208 (ii) P19.
- <6> SLI110 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. BZT 76-77,1976, .
- <7> SLI780 Article in Serial: Catherine M. Wilson. 1971. 'Archaeological notes, 1970' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 6 PP10-11.
- <8> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF1796,1993, .
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 1761 9672 (78m by 78m) |
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Civil Parish | THORESWAY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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