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Description: | PRN 12624
A complex of soilmarks at TF 288 433C are thought to represent a Romano-British farmstead, they are visible on aerial photographs.{1}
There are no surface indications of these soilmarks in an area now under plough and crop. No surface finds were made. {1}
The Boston Archaeology Group was notified by the farmer of the field to the south of the South Forty Foot Drain that 'dark lines' could be seen across the field. The Group took aerial photographs, and these showed a series of ditched enclosures of Romano-British native farmstead type. Ground survey yielded numerous sherds of Romano-British pottery, including the rim of a mortaria with the stamp of the second century potter Brusius. {5}{6}{7}
Two trenches were dug to attempt to determine the form and function of the site. The potential remains in the first trench were so plough damaged that interpretation was not possible. Grey ware pottery and mortar were recovered. A second trench was dug which revealed a ditch with several fills, suggesting that the ditch silted up over a long period of time. The site has been interpreted as a Romano-British farmstead. {5} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 43 - 409 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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