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Description: | PRN 70046
Roman features, including structures, an infant burial and also possible evidence of stone quarrying, were initially identified during trial trenching. {3}{4}
An excavation was carried out on the site of the extension of the library at Bishop Grosseteste College, Newport. Extensive Roman remains were identified. The earliest phase of activity dates to the mid to late 2nd century. It possibly represents a site clearance phase in advance of the colonisation of the site. However, some earlier pottery dating from the first to second century, and some indistinct features may represent earlier occupation. A possible timber structure, indicated by the presence of postholes, appears to have been constructed after the levelling of the ground and before the construction of stone buildings. In the late second to early third centuries a large stone building was constructed. To the north of the building a large metalled area was present, which may have been a yard. This building was either extensively modified or rebuilt. Two infant burials were revealed under the floor of this structure. It was then demolished, and a timber structure was erected on a similar alignment to the stone building, and appears to have been an open ended structure, perhaps being a workshop or storage area. There was a possible oven or hearth within the structure. A new metalled surface was constructed to the south. It appears from the pottery that this site was fairly high status. This could suggest that the site was a villa or farmstead. However, the buildings themselves do not really reflect this, and it could be that the more impressive buildings of the complex lie closer to the line of Ermine Street to the west. It may also be part of a ribbon development along Ermine Street, and that the buildings belonged to a relatively prosperous merchant or trader. {1}{2} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 43 - 409 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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