Monument record MLI88786 - Iron Age saltern site, Hildyke Drain

Summary

Iron Age saltern site, Hildyke Drain

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 46564 Fieldwalking across the proposed Orby Marsh windfarm site located a small scatter of Iron Age briquetage adjacent to Hildyke Drain. The briquetage included pieces of brine evaporation trays, tray spacers and clips used to join the rims of adjacent trays. The material was recovered immediately adjacent to the drain, indicating that it had been dredged from the drain channel during routine maintenance. {1}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. May 2003. Site of proposed wind farm, Orby Marsh. OMAR03.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2009. Revised Archaeological Assessment on the proposed Wind Farm, Orby Marsh, Orby.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 52440 69552 (90m by 52m)
Civil Parish HOGSTHORPE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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