Monument record MLI80784 - Post-medieval site off London Road
Summary
Post-medieval site off London Road
Type and Period (11)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POST HOLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOILET (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- YARD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PATH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COAL BUNKER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FLOOD DEFENCES (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 13546
During an evaluation on this site, three phases of post medieval activity were uncovered, comprising 16th-17th century, 17th-18th century, and 18th-19th century.{1}{2}
Phase 1 - Features uncovered during this phase comprised a pit, a post-hole and a probable pit. The pit was concave-sided and had two fills, the first comprising animal bones, the second including 16th-17th century pottery and occasional cinder fragments. The post-hole had a fill of coal, shell, and brick and tile fragments. The probable pit had a fill including brick and tile fragments, coal, and one sherd of 17th century pottery. The coal and cinders may suggest a continuation of smithing activity on the site (see PRN 13545) or disturbance of deposits containing smithing remains. The pottery finds suggest continued use of the site, but the nature of this activity is uncertain. However, the coal and cinders may suggest industrial use. The pottery trade at this time was more localised than during the medieval period (see PRN 13545), but the pottery types had diversified, suggesting an increase in trade, with material imported from Frechen and West Norfolk.{1}{2}
Phase 2 - Utilisation of the land appears to coincide with development of the frontage. Buildings on the site at this time appear to affirm Hall's plan of 1741, showing buildings fronting London Road in this area. An east-west aligned linear ditch may possibly equate with a field boundary on Hall's map of 1741. Dog bones found in the fill are probably due to disposal of the animal rather than a burial. Structures found on the site are interpreted as an outhouse and a toilet, while a burnt brick surface is thought to be a yard.{1}{2}
Development continued on the site with a north-east to south-west aligned brick wall, which is thought to be the boundary wall between two properties, while a further north-east to south-west aligned wall butting up against the outhouse is probably a garden boundary. A brick structure with a floor of Yorkstone slabs, thought to be a coal bunker, was built over the now defunct toilet.{1}{2}
Phase 3 - No further building work took place on the site during this period. The ditch appears to have gone out of use, while a layer of building debris is thought to be due to the razing of the 17th-18th century buildings. Changes were made to the yard area and garden, including the addition of a brick well, a flint cobbled yard, and a bricked surface, probably a path or the edging to a garden feature. The yard was later levelled, a refuse pit dug, and a path laid. A layer of building debris suggests that the site was later razed to make way for the railway and goods yard.{1}{2}
An archaeological evaluation (trial trenching) was undertaken along the Boston Docks Link Road, part of the Boston Southern Economic Corridor. The evaluation identified a number of deposits dating to the post medieval period, including yard surfaces, a brick wall and garden soil remnants (associated with public gardens present on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887). The deposits are concurrent with evidence found in earlier evaluations (ELI1295). The trial trenching also identified a possible stable, yet unshored riverbank of post-medieval date, with much of the present land surface being the result of in-filling and dumping during the post medieval and early modern periods. Supporting evidence for the river bank comes from analysis of borehole survey results (ELI4908). {3}{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI6019 Report: Archaeological Project Services. June 2000. Evaluation of land off London Road, Boston. BLR00.
- <2> SLI6020 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. June 2000. Evaluation of land off London Road, Boston. LCNCC 2000.132.
- <3> SLI9350 Report: Archaeological Project Services. Jun 2004. Archaeological Evaluation on Boston Southern Economic Corridor, Boston Docks Link Road, Boston. BSEC04.
- <4> SLI9351 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. June 2004. Archaeological Evaluation on Boston Southern Economic Corridor, Boston Docks Link Road, Boston. Lcncc 2004.7.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 32563 43374 (212m by 225m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BOSTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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