Monument record MLI30297 - SITE OF ROMAN BUILDING, SOUTHEAST OF NORMANTON WOOD
Summary
SITE OF ROMAN BUILDING, SOUTHEAST OF NORMANTON WOOD
Type and Period (7)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 30297
Walls of a Romano-British building were exposed when laying a water-pipe in 1954. Seen by C Moulton who retrieved 2nd and 3rd century pottery (including some Samian). The pottery now in Lincoln Museum. The area concerned was in a permanent pasture field when visited by the OS Field Inspector in 1964. {1}{2}{3}
A geophysical survey detected anomalies thought to relate to the Roman building. A later watching brief recovered Roman pottery in the same area.{5}{6}{7}
An excavation revealed eight linear features thought to be ditches, ten pits and three postholes. A large quantity of pottery dated to the late 4th century, and included tegulae, combed flue tiles with internal sooting, a cheese-press, a strainer and a crucible. The presence of flue tiles and tegulae indicate the existence of a high-status building in the vicinity, and the crucible may indicate metalworking. Nineteen 4th century coins were also recovered.{8}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI2655 Index: OS CARD INDEX. NORMANTON. SK 94 NW: 18,1964, SEAMAN B H.
- <2> SLI3190 Index: SMR FILE. NORMANTON. SK 94 NW: D,1976, RWH.
- <3> SLI510 Article in Serial: THOMPSON, F.H.. 1955. 'Archaeological Notes for 1954' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL 6 PART 1 p10.
- <4> SLI8 Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 126.54.
- <5> SLI6996 Report: Oxford Archaeotechnics. June 1998. Normanton Phase 1 Replacement Scheme. 1520698/NOL/AWS.
- <6> SLI6998 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Dec 1998. Normanton Phase 1 Mains Replacement Scheme. NHH98.
- <7> SLI6999 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Dec 1998. Normanton Phase 1 Mains Replacement Scheme. LCNCC 128.98.
- <8> SLI7005 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. March 1999. Normanton Phase II Replacement Scheme. NHH98.
Map
Location
Grid reference | SK 9393 4607 (point) |
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Civil Parish | NORMANTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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