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Description: | PRN 45523
Quarry pits, marked as 'Saturday Pits' on the 1905 County Series map. This area was used as a whiting works, where chalk would be washed and crushed to make whitewash for houses. {1}
This area was also used as a temporary market when the town markets were suspended because of plague in the mid-seventeenth century. {2} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1540 - 1670 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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