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Description: | POSSIBLE PREHISTORIC ENCLOSURE AND HUT CIRCLE. {1}{2}{3}{4} DURING A WATCHING BRIEF ON A WATER PIPELINE ALONG RYLAND ROAD, EIGHT DITCHES WERE RECORDED, WHICH RELATE TO THE CROPMARKS TO THE WEST OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE SINGLE DITCHES, REPRESENTING ENCLOSURE BOUNDARIES, AND A PAIR OF DOUBLE DITCHES MARKING A DROVE WAY. SOIL SAMPLES CONTAINED PLANT REMAINS, AND THIS ALONG WITH THE PRESENCE OF CATTLE, SHEEP, AND POSSIBLY HORSE BONES SUPPORTS INTERPRETATION AS A FARMSTEAD. THE POTTERY WAS LATE IRON AGE IN DATE. THE PRESENCE OF A ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY SHERD SUGGESTS USAGE OF THE SITE AFTER THE CONQUEST. {5}{6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 800BC - 42BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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