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Description: | A ROMANO-BRITISH SITE, WITH INDICATIONS OF METAL-WORKING AND IRON SMELTING, ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF HARDWICK HILL AND JUST WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF LAUGHTON PARISH. FRAGMENTS OF BRONZE AND IRON SLAG AND BURNT BOULDER STONES SUGGEST IMPROMPTU FURNACES. IN 1964 FEATHERSTON REPORTED THAT THE AREA OF THE SITE WAS COVERED IN DENSE FOREST AND WAS NOT COMPLETELY FIELDWALKED. {1}
FINDS INCLUDE AN INGOT OF CRUDE BRONZE; FOUR BLUE GLASS BEADS; A PIECE OF A BRONZE BROOCH; A BROKEN 'BRASS' RING; A PERFORATED WHETSTONE; POTTERY FRAGMENTS DATED FROM THE C1 TO THE C4 (BUT MOSTLY OF THE C3 AND C4); BRONZE COINS OF GALLIENUS (253-268 AD), CLAUDIUS II (268-270 AD), AND AN IMITATION OF A COIN OF TETRICUS II (268- 273 AD); AND MUCH IRON SLAG AND BURNT QUARTZ STONES. EMINSON'S DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE POTTERY FRAGMENTS SUGGEST THAT THEY WERE IN USE AS CRUCIBLES FOR COPPER-WORKING, WHILST THE DESCRIPTION OF THE BURNT STONES SUGGEST ORE-ROASTING HEARTHS. HE ALSO DESCRIBES THE IRON SLAGS IN DETAIL, AND NOTES MANY SCALES AND SCRAPS OF OXIDISED IRON - POSSIBLY HAMMER SCALE? {3}
A CASUAL FIND OF C3-C4 ROMAN POTTERY FROM NORTH OF LAUGHTON LODGE WAS REPORTED IN 1955. (POSSIBLY FROM THIS SITE?) {5} | Subjects: | General Archaeology Metalwork | Temporal: | 43 - 409 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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