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Description: | PRN 43838
During an evaluation several features were uncovered. A ditch with steep, straight sides measured 1m at its widest and was at least 1.8m deep. The bottom was not reached as it lay below the water table. A pit was also discovered cut by the ditch to the north-west. This had a fill of burnt material (mainly cinder and cereals), and the southern part was surrounded by stakeholes, forming a small but definite fairly uniform grouping. These ranged from 0.08m to 0.1m in depth, and from 0.05m to 0.07m in width. Any stakeholes on the northern side of the pit would most probably have been cut by the later ditch. This feature is thought to be a small oven, with the stakeholes possibly supporting a wattle and daub structure and the pit comprising the hearth. This view is supported by environmental evidence, as the pit’s fill contained mainly cinder and burnt cereal and unburnt animal bone. A small pit, measuring 1m wide by 0.3m deep, had gently sloping concave sides and a flat base. {1} {2}
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on a plot of land adjacent to the Methodist Church, St John Street, Wainfleet All Saints. The watching brief monitored the excavation of foundations for a four-unit house block in the north-east corner of the site and identified the remains of a possible salt making industry (burnt clay and briquetage fragments). A large pit containing burnt clay and ash may represent a possible saltern {3} {4} | Subjects: | General Archaeology Salt Making Site | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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