MLI83403 - Pagan Saxon pottery from area of Hall Close moated complex

Monument record MLI83403 - Pagan Saxon pottery from area of Hall Close moated complex

Summary

Pagan Saxon pottery from area of Hall Close moated complex

Type and Period (1)

ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 700 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1021080: Hall Close: a medieval and post-medieval hall complex south of Dovecote Lane, with dovecote, gardens, fishponds, churchyard and cultivation remains

Full Description

62561 Trial excavations were carried out in 1955-56 to the north of the moated complex in an area of earthworks. A section was dug through a mound. Sherds of coarse pottery, including one decorated with a single row of cross-in-circle stamps between two girth grooves, which are said to be pagan Saxon. A piece of daub was also recovered. It is suggested that the evidence represents occupation rather than a cemetery. {1}{2}{3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SLI657 Article in Serial: PETCH, D.F.. 1956. Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. Vol 6 part 2, page 69.
<2> SLI2366 Index: OS CARD INDEX. AUBOURN, HADDINGTON AND SOUTH HYKEHAM. SK 96 SW:8, DA, 24/4/62.
<3> SLI2888 Index: SMR FILE. AUBOURN, HADDINGTON AND SOUTH HYKEHAM. SK 96 SW:B, RWH, 27/5/76.
<4> SLI8287 Correspondence: City and County Museum. 1956. Regarding excavations at Haddington. -.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 9140 6291 (59m by 59m)
Civil Parish	AUBOURN HADDINGTON AND SOUTH HYKEHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Trial excavation at Hall Close (ELI3554)

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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