Source/Archive record (Report) SLI16861 - Land at Torksey Lock
Title | Land at Torksey Lock |
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Author/Originator | Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd |
Date/Year | 2015 |
HER Report no. | 5759 |
PCAS Archaeology Ltd | 1428 |
Abstract/Summary
Report on programme of trial trenching undertaken on land at Torksey Lock, prior to development of the site. Sixteen trenches were excavated, each measuring 20m x 2m. A series of ditches, gullies and pits which relate to the features recorded during an earlier magnetometry survey were identified. The features contained Roman pottery from the 2nd-4th centuries, though some residual Iron Age pottery was also recovered. An area of late Roman domestic activity was also identified as a large assemblage of pottery was recovered from a layer sealing the earlier enclosure. Finds on the site also included animal bone fragments and cereal grains. The features are likely to be of agricultural origin, and indicate a nearby domestic settlement. The abundant Roman pottery is likely to be associated with the Roman kilns to the north of the site which were excavated in the 1930s.
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Referenced Monuments (1)
- MLI125841 Roman Ditches and Gullies, Land at Torksey Lock (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- ELI13512 Land at Torksey Lock
Record last edited
Jun 23 2021 10:56AM