Monument record MLI98306 - Early medieval activity, Canwick

Summary

Early medieval activity, Canwick

Type and Period (2)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Trial trenching was undertaken by Archaeological Project Services in 2008 along the proposed route of Lincoln Eastern Bypass. Within Parcel J, a pit which contained a sherd of ceramic building material, animal bone, a sherd of late 9th to 10th century pottery and a copper alloy pin head, another pit containing animal bone, early to mid 9th century and mid 9th to 10th century pottery, a post hole, a linear feature and ditches all containing 9th to 10th century pottery and a ditch containing 9th to 10th century pottery, animal bone, fragments of lava quern and a broken iron blade was found. A ditch and a pit containing mostly medieval artefacts [see PRN 65724] but also 9th to 10th century pottery was also found. {1}{2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2009. Trial Trenching on the Proposed Route of the Lincoln Eastern Bypass: Post-Fieldwork Report. LNEB08.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2009. Trial Trenching on the Proposed Route of the Lincoln Eastern Bypass: Post-Fieldwork Report. LCNCC: 2008.159.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 00282 70102 (111m by 672m)
Civil Parish CANWICK, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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