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Magnetometry survey revealed a large number of linear and curvilinear features indicating a possible enclosure.{1}{2} Three 12m x 4m trial trenches were excavated revealing two small Iron Age pits, these contained burnt pottery and cremated bone. The burning and condition of the sherds are consistent with those having been on a cremation pyre, the pottery is of the common shell-gritted fabric type. There was also oolitic-gritted ware which is rarer but contemporary with the more common fabric types. One shell-gritted rim sherd had a burning flame-mark on the rim. Marks on other oolitic gritted sherds show evidence for burning. Oolitic ware is not common in Lincolnshire. Taking the evdience of the burnt pottery and cremated bone it is tempting to identify the pits as cremation burials.{3}{4}
An archaeological watching brief and subsequent excavation on the route of the Silk Willoughby to Staythorpe Gas Pipeline identified a pit alignment which crossed the easement on a northeast to southwest alignment. Ten pits were mapped, although only two were excavated. The remains of the pit alignment suggest this was a major landscape structure, consisting of substantial rock cut pits up to 1.00m deep. Pottery taken from the upper fills of the pits suggest a late Iron Age date for their construction.{5}{6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 100BC - 42BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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