Monument record MLI82639 - Roman material in a field south of Catton's Holt
Summary
Roman material in a field south of Catton's Holt
Type and Period (1)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
62079
In 1975 surface finds were recovered from the field to the south of Catton's Holt. This included second to fourth century pottery, including Samian, grey ware, Nene Valley ware, and local coarse ware (from Swanpool?), together with tile, building debris, and oyster shells. {1}{2}
In 1997 further Roman material was recovered, which included coins, building debris (farmworkers report that two lorry loads of stone had been removed from this field in 1995-1997), a head stud brooch, grey ware, colour-coated ware and hypocaust tile. {3}
The field to the west of Brickyard Farm has been metal detected. Roman artefacts recovered include steelyard weights, flue tile, tegulae, grey ware, Samian, rim of large black pot, nails, ring, cruciform brooch, oyster shells, colour-coated ware, a bronze statue of Mercury or Mars, bronze coins, cloak pin, cockerel brooch with enamelling, 'knee' brooch, 'umernate' brooch, buckles and pins. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2914 Index: SMR FILE. BLANKNEY. TF 06 SE:X.
- <2> SLI50 Artefact: 1976. CITY AND COUNTY MUSEUM COLLECTION 1976. LM 18.76.
- <3> SLI5016 Verbal Communication: D.P.. 1997. -.
- <4> SLI2097 Index: NORTH KESTEVEN RECORDS. BLANKNEY. NK 10.33, 10.10.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 084 602 (102m by 101m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BLANKNEY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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