Monument record MLI50888 - ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY FOUND AT STOPE HILL

Summary

ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY FOUND AT STOPE HILL

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Full Description

THE STAMFORD MERCURY OF MARCH 21, 1884, HAS THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH:- 'OUR CORRESPONDANT HAS LATELY BEEN FAVOURED BY MR F BARTRAM, PLUMBER, OF CAISTOR, WITH AN INSPECTION OF A QUANTITY OF FRAGMENTS OF ROMAN POTTERY WHICH WERE DISCOVERED AT STOUP HILL FARM, HOLTON-LE-MOOR, DURING THE PROCESS OF PLANTING SHRUBS IN MRS H. SEGRAVE'S GARDEN. THE MOST INTERESTING SPECIMEN CONSISTS OF THE HALF OF A BOWL OF CREAM-COLOURED WARE 9 INCHES IN DIAMETER, WHICH HAS TWICE IMPRINTED ACROSS ITS BROAD RIM THE WORD 'IDVNA', APPARENTLY THE POTTER'S NAME OR WORKSHOP MARK POSSIBLY A MORTARIA? . SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO c1877-78 , WHILST MEN WERE EXCAVATING TRENCHES TO RECEIVE THE WATERWORKS SERVICE PIPES, ALONG THE LANE LEADING TO STOUP HILL, A LAYER OF FRAGMENTS OF ANCIENT POTTERY ?ROMANO-BRITISH WAS COME UPON, AND ONE VASE ABOUT 9 FEET DEEP, WITH LID UPON IT, WAS TAKEN UP WHOLE. THIS WAS TAKEN POSSESSION OF BY MR HENRY SEGRAVE, MISS DIXON'S STEWARD. STOUP HILL HAS ITS NAME FROM AN ARTIFICIAL MOUND OF EARTH OF ANCIENT BRITISH CONSTRUCTION, BUT WHICH WAS LEVELLED AT THE ENCLOSURE OF THE MOOR.' {1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. HOLTON LE MOOR. TF 09 NE:AB,1978, TMA.
  •  Serial: 1884. STAMFORD MERCURY. MARCH 21 1884.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: 1885. OLD LINCOLNSHIRE 1883-5. p120.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 0980 9818 (389m by 133m) Centre
Civil Parish HOLTON LE MOOR, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish NETTLETON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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