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Description: | PRN 33795
Roman pottery and coins found - 'I walked the fields and found only few fragments on the north side but plenty on the south side, with bones and stones. In south field there are clear traces of banks in the plough'. TF019 328, TF019 330: Romano-British pot from these 2 spots, 1965. The pottery from TF019 330 included the rim of a rusticated jar and an iron steelyard arm. The steelyard arm came from the side of a newly-cleaned ditch at a depth of about 1foot. {1}{14}{15}{16}{17}
13 Romano-British coins from site, 1971; many tiles, some decorated, possible flue tiles, large scatter of stones, 1967.{1}
Excavation in 1973-75 by Simmons. Several industrial buildings forming a ribbon development along the road, dated 200-400 AD.{2}{3}
Romano-British pottery at TF019 328.{4}{5}
TF0183 3293: foundations and building debris, including tesserae, dug up over an area of about 40 acres on both sides of the Sapperton/Humby border. Black ash was found in great quantity.
Iron-working and iron smelting evidence at a Romano-British small town at Sapperton, where partial excavation and fieldwalking showed Roman and early medieval settlement, including a Roman furnace and ironworking site. The site included slag-tapping shaft furnaces with internal diameter of about 0.25-0.35m, and stone-faced working areas for each furnace (Cowgill, pers comm). Below-ground survival is said to be good, and a dense slag scatter extends beyond the excavated area (Cowgill pers comm). No earthworks or mounds were visible in the vegetation at the edge of the field.{13}
See also PRN 33796. | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 43 - 409 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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