Monument record MLI86801 - Possible Romano-British iron working site on land west of Holywell Hall, Holywell

Summary

Possible Romano-British iron working site on land west of Holywell Hall, Holywell

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 36546 A systematic fieldwalking survey was undertaken on a parcel of land to the west of Holywell Hall gardens. The fieldwalking was undertaken following the discovery of Romano-British pottery and iron tap slag at Holywell in March 2001. As a result of the fieldwalking, a possible Romano-British iron working (iron smelting) site was discovered, dated by association by nearly 400 pottery sherds and 10 coins (with a date range from the 3rd to 4th century AD). Large quantities of tap slag were found, with a concentration centred around a spring which feeds the Hall lakes. It is some 60m in diameter, along with burnt stones and possible furnace lining. Another possible furnace may lie beyond the western edge of the field where there is an increase in slag and Roman pot. {1}

Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Report: Rutland Local History and Record Society. Nov 2002. A Fieldwalking Survey of a Romano British Iron Smelting Site, Holywell. RLHRS: R38.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 99726 16011 (235m by 179m)
Civil Parish CAREBY AUNBY AND HOLYWELL, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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