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Description: | 54815
A Romano-British site was identified during a watching brief on the Blyborough to Cottam gas pipeline to the south of Marton Road, Stow. The site was subsequently excavated in the summer of 1997. Two phases of a small rural settlement or farmstead were identified, based on a mixed farming economy. The pottery assemblage suggests more similarities with 'native' Iron Age, rather than Roman traditions.
The first phase dated from abuot 50AD-200AD, and was delimited by two roughly parallel ditch complexes, each of which consisted of a main ditch which had silted up, and had then been recut. These are believed to represent the boundaries of a settlement, and may form an enclosure.
Ditches within the enclosure were recorded, which probably represent internal divisions. One ditch produced first century pottery. Pits were revealed which yielded mid second century pottery.
The earlier occupation and boundary system appears to have been abandoned in the late second and early third century in favour of a more agricultural and crop processing activities, probably peripheral to a settlement. An area of cobbling may represent a threshing floor. Two pits were identified which contained charred plant remains, which are thought to be the result of cereal processing. {1}{2} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 50 - 300 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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