ROMAN SETTLEMENT BETWEEN BROADGATE FEN AND LOWER DELGATE FEN

Reference Name MLI20010

Name:
ROMAN SETTLEMENT BETWEEN BROADGATE FEN AND LOWER DELGATE FEN

Summary:
ROMAN SETTLEMENT BETWEEN BROADGATE FEN AND LOWER DELGATE FEN

Location:
WESTON, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

Description:
Rather large irregular enclosures formed by natural and artificial drainage channels, surveyed 1951. A hillock, some 80 ft x 150 ft of red earth, pulverized baked clay and ash, broken up vessel fragments, and baked clay lumps, was seen at A: TF27771696. There were a few indeterminate sherds of pottery. At B: TF27711698 there was a sparse domestic scatter including a little late C1st and 2nd pottery, quern fragments, and bones and teeth. {1}{2}{3}{4} Under high crop, no visual evidence of occupation. The majority of Mrs Hallam's finds are in the City and County Museum, Lincoln.{1}

Sources:
1 Index: OS CARD INDEX. WESTON. TF 21 NE:7,1965, D.A.
2 Article in serial: Hallam, S.J.. 1960. Romano-British Salt Industry in South Lincolnshire. p.50
3 Index: SMR FILE. WESTON. TF 21 NE:M -
4 Scheduling record: HBMC. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 230. 230
5 Article in monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. GAZ 2716N
6 Map: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. The maps for ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. MAP 6 SHEET F
7 Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. LG 89,90,1953,
8 Scheduling record: HBMC. 1969. AM 7. SAM 231
9 Scheduling record: HBMC. 1987. AM 107. SAM 231