Monument record MLI89347 - Paleoenvironmental remains dating to the Middle Saxon period, Navigation Wharf, Sleaford
Summary
Environmental remains dating to the Middle Saxon period, Navigation Wharf, Sleaford
Type and Period (1)
- NATURAL FEATURE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 620 AD to 720 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 64196
A series of boreholes were sunk to determine the strata beneath existing buildings at Navigation Wharf, Sleaford. Two locations were chosen to remove intact undisturbed cores, taken for potential post-excavation study of the palaeo-environmental history of the site. Both sequences had a relatively high potential for analysing the local vegetational history of the area. One of the boreholes was selected for further study and two radiocarbon samples from the base and top of the organic sequence in the core was submitted for radiocarbon dating. The results indicate that organic sediments above the gravels date to perhaps less than a hundred years in the 7th century AD. This is consistent with finds of saxon pottery in the dposits above (see PRN 64193) and indicates that the palaeoenvironmental evodence contained within these deposits is contemporary with Saxon settlement evidence from nearby Quarrington (PRN 60487) and Holdingham (PRN 64180).{1}{2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI11027 Report: Archaeological Project Services. Aug 2006. Borehole Survey, Navigation Wharf, Sleaford. SNY04.
- <2> SLI11028 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Aug 2006. Borehole Survey, Navigation Wharf, Sleaford. LCNCC 2004.183.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 06934 45780 (42m by 31m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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