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Description: | PRN 65280
Trial excavation revealed Middle Iron Age features including a palisaded enclosure and a possible grain storage structure with possible grain drying hearths. Only part of the palisaded enclosure was revealed during the excavations, comprising of intercutting post holes, each post being of a similar diameter to a telegraph pole, approximately 203mm. Only one of the corners of the enclosure was found and excavated, however this appears to represent part of a massive timber structure of possible defensive or ritual function and of a type that is, so far, unparalled in Lincolnshire. Two ditches radiated out from the enclosure, one measuring 49m and the second was 31m with a 5m interruption thought to be the main entrance. A four post-hole structure is thought to represent some form of raised granary, and two pits containing ashy deposits probably formed a hearth to dry the grain prior to its storage. Middle Iron Age scored ware pottery, animal bone and iron slag were recovered from the site. {1}{2} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 400BC - 101BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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