Monument record MLI50573 - POSSIBLE SITE OF ROMAN VILLA, NORTH OF GLENTHAM GRANGE

Summary

POSSIBLE SITE OF ROMAN VILLA, NORTH OF GLENTHAM GRANGE

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Full Description

Cropmarks of an irregular? rectilinear complex with limits defined by a perimeter ditch on the north and west. Comprises a dense cluster of over-lapping and conjoined rectangular enclosures, some showing central features. The full extent of the site on the south is not revealed; an old river course on the east of the nucleus is marked by an area devoid of cropmarks. Possibly a nucleated settlement, or villa site. Fieldwalked in 1985: a dark occupation layer extends across the main cropmark area which is prolific in domestic debris. Finds included part of the base of a rotary quern, tegulae fragments, opus signinum and a fragment of human cranium. {1} Earlier finds from the site include large quantities of Roman pottery (greywares and late wares); coins of Carausius, Constantine I, Vespasian, and Constans; a bronze chest handle; a silver ?chape; lead weights; a glass counter; a bronze penannular brooch; a silver head-stud brooch; tiles; part of a millstone; a brooch of Nauheim derivative form; and a silver intaglio finger ring. A masonry and pottery concentration in the centre of the field was left unploughed in 1975 whilst the rest of the field was arable (first ploughed in about 1972). The site was visited in 1975 when the pottery scatter was recorded extending into the field to the north-east. {2}{3} A well-authenticated Roman site at the eastern, low lying end of Glentham parish towards the river Ancholme. Building stone has been ploughed up and a large collection of Roman pottery and coins has been amassed over several years by the farmer. The main period of occupation seems to be the 3rd and 4th centuries, but there is some evidence of settlement earlier, perhaps by the 1st century AD, represented by a Nauheim derivative brooch. {4} A fragment of plain quern and of a puddingstone conglomerate beehive quern were also found in 1979. They are now in the City and County Museum. {5}{6} See Lincolnshire History and Archaeology 1981 for a more detailed description of the silver intaglio finger ring. {7} Fieldwalking in 1996-97 recovered a large quantity of pottery along with some tegulae, brick and box tile fragments. The pottery consisted mainly of greyware, although various coarse and fine wares were also present including Samian and a possible amphora sherd. Many sherds are decorated. Two of the sherds have been made into loom weights and a third has been formed into a counter. {8}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Article in Serial: Dilwyn Jones. 1988. 'Aerial Reconnaissance and Prehistoric and Romano-British Archaeology in Northern Lincolnshire - A Sample Survey' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.23, p.24, figs.8, 19, gazetteer p.21.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 09 SW: AE.
  •  Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LCNCC 1975.21, LCNCC 1982.1.
  •  Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1978. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1977' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.13, pp.85-6.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 09 SW: -.
  •  Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LCNCC 1979.200-1.
  •  Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1981. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1980' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.16, p.80.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Van de Noort, R. and Ellis, S.. 1998. Wetland Heritage of the Ancholme and Lower Trent Valleys. pp.204-8; Bishopbridge-4.

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Grid reference Centred TF 0185 9193 (468m by 256m)
Civil Parish GLENTHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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