Monument record MLI98381 - Roman pottery kilns in the Swanpool area of Lincoln

Summary

An extensive area of late Roman industrial pottery production in the Swanpool area of Lincoln

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

There was a late Roman pottery industry in the Swanpool area of Lincoln. It is an extensive area of industrial pottery production to the south-west of the Roman walled town of Lincoln with at least seven kilns identified. One kiln was archaeologically excavated in 1945 but there have been extensive finds of pottery sherds and kiln debris on this area since the mid nineteenth century. {1}{2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Darling, M.. 1977. A Group of Late Roman Pottery from Lincoln. pp.32-37, Fig.8.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: V.G. Swan. 1984. The Pottery Kilns of Roman Britain. microfiche, Lincoln, pp.450-54.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 9546 6998 (441m by 441m)
Civil Parish TRITTON, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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