Monument record MLI84800 - Late Iron Age settlement and possible metalworking site, Market Rasen

Summary

Late Iron Age settlement and possible metalworking site, Market Rasen

Type and Period (7)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 54832 Geophysical survey identified a number of curvilinear, linear and rectilinear anomalies denoting the remains of a multi-phased site {1}. Trial excavation produced evidence for extensive late Iron Age settlement activity; with enclosure ditches, pits, post holes and possible structural remains (in the form of ring ditches). The excavations also produced indirect evidence of metalworking in the area in the form of iron smithing and iron smelting slag, hammerscale and hearth fragments. The site was bounded by a palaeo-channel towards the south and east (PRN 54835). {2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. March 2003. Land off Willingham Road, Market Rasen.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. June 2003. Archaeological Evaluation Report: Land Off Willingham Road, Market Rasen. WIMR03.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. June 2003. Archaeological Evaluation Report: Land Off Willingham Road, Market Rasen. LCNCC 2003.102.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 11742 89021 (185m by 159m)
Civil Parish MARKET RASEN, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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