Monument record MLI50980 - EARLY IRON AGE POTTERY AND SKELETON FOUND EAST OF HARPSWELL
Summary
EARLY IRON AGE POTTERY AND SKELETON FOUND EAST OF HARPSWELL
Type and Period (1)
- BURIAL (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A scrap of early Iron Age pottery found recently (1930s) by the Harpswell Cross Roads. {2}
A skeleton, possibly associated with a sherd of thick black pottery with much shell, decorated with string impression and fingertips; the pottery is of the early Iron Age. Found at Hemswell in 1931. {1}{3}{4}
In 1964 Featherston reported that the whereabouts of the finds was unknown. The find spots were within the perimeter of the airfield and field walking was not possible. {3}
The information appears to have been duplicated and there are 3 separate grid references:- SK93839002 (from C. W. Phillips), SK93879005 (from Tom Baker) - both quoted by the OS card; and SK93878998 (from ?AO records) quoted by the SMR card SK 98 NW: B. {1}{3}{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI3086 Index: SMR FILE. HEMSWELL. SK 98 NW:B -.
- <2> SLI323 Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL 91 (1934) p99.
- <3> SLI2559 Index: OS CARD INDEX. HEMSWELL. SK 99 SW:16,1964, FEATHERSTON K J A.
- <4> SLI3086 Index: SMR FILE. HEMSWELL. SK 99 SW:AN,1983, D.E.S..
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 9383 9002 (90m by 100m) Centre |
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Civil Parish | HARPSWELL, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Civil Parish | HEMSWELL, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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