Source/Archive record (Archive) SLI19355 - Land off Clay Lake Bank, Spalding: Report on an Archaeological Evaluation

Title Land off Clay Lake Bank, Spalding: Report on an Archaeological Evaluation
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2018

Abstract/Summary

Archive for a programme of archaeological evaluation comprising thirty eight trial trenches excavated to inform the proposed construction of a new commercial glasshouse development on land off Clay Lake Bank, Spalding. Two phases of Roman activity were encountered. In the northeast corner of the site, a group of Early Roman ditches was revealed. Samples from these features revealed evidence of crop processing and the use of peat as fuel. Further south, the evaluation revealed an enclosure system of 3rd-4th century AD date, from which a small assemblage of residual Early-Middle Iron Age briquetage was recovered. Across the whole site, undated and Medieval boundary or drainage ditches were recorded, likely representing several phases of post-Roman agricultural use of the site. The excavation of thirty geotechnical test pits and two boreholes was also monitored during the evaluation, but no further archaeology was identified.

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Description

Location

City and County Museum LCNCC: 2018.31

Referenced Monuments (7)

  • Early Roman Ditches, Clay Lake Bank, Spalding (Monument)
  • Iron Age Briquetage, Clay Lake Bank, Spalding (Monument)
  • Late Roman Settlement, Clay Lake Bank, Spalding (Monument)
  • Medieval Ditches, Clay Lake Bank, Spalding (Monument)
  • Post-Medieval Ditches, Clay Lake Bank, Spalding (Monument)
  • Probable Romano-British Field System, Spalding (Monument)
  • Undated Ditches, Clay Lake Bank, Spalding (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Trial Trenching on Land off Clay Lake Bank, Spalding

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Apr 21 2026 10:10AM

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