Monument record MLI81430 - Iron Age to Romano-British enclosure and other features, Hollowbrook Close

Summary

Iron Age to Romano-British enclosure and other features, Hollowbrook Close.

Type and Period (5)

  • (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 199 AD)
  • (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 400 BC to 199 AD)
  • (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 400 BC to 199 AD)
  • (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 400 BC to 199 AD)
  • (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 400 BC? to 99 AD?)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 61576 During a watching brief, a number of Iron Age or Romano-British features were recorded. An L-shaped gully was thought to be part of a structure of unknown form, with finds indicating domestic occupation. Two ditches appeared to define the eastern and southern boundaries of an enclosure, also containing domestic finds. A further gully was abutted by post-holes which were thought to support or buttress a structure set into the gully. This gully bordered a peaty area, and it has been suggested that the structure was probably a fence partitioning off boggy ground. The finds indicate more than one phase of activity in the Iron Age, A mid-Iron Age and a late Iron Age phase, both domestic in nature. Finds included 2nd to 1st century BC stamped and roulette decorated pottery which compares to early La Tene decorated wares from Old Sleaford, brushed sherds relating to the East Midlands 'scored ware' tradition, and possible wheel-made Aylesford/Swarling type ware. Potboilers of fire-cracked quartzite pebbles and cobbles were also found. See also PRN 60498.{1}{2} During trial trenching at TF 5073 3512 a series of Iron Age features were recorded. As well as ditches and pits from the period a L-shaped cut was identified which could be structural in nature. As well as single sherds of pottery being recovered from the site, in one of the ditches a series of pottery sherds were recovered that all originate from the same vessel. Ditches with fills of organic remains seem to indicate occupation of the site, and hammerscale, albeit a very small amount recovered from the environmental processing, suggest that iron smithing was occurring nearby. Overall the very slight artefactual evidence would indicate that although there was Iron Age activity here, this was not the main focus of the settlement. It has been suggested that this area is a boundary between two more focused settlements.{3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. Oct 2000. Hollowbrook, Ruskington. HBR96.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. Oct 2000. Hollowbrook, Ruskington. LCNCC 110.96.
  •  Report: M & M Archaeological Services. 2001. Trial trenching at land off Westcliffe Road, Ruskington. WRR 01.
  •  Archive: M & M Archaeological Services. 2001. Trial trenching at land off Westcliffe Road, Ruskington.. LCNCC:2001.279.

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Grid reference Centred TF 0721 5128 (178m by 175m)
Civil Parish RUSKINGTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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