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HER Number: | MDV62571 |
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Name: | FURNACE in the Parish of Brayford |
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Summary
Vis=25/9/2000 (knights + horner) probable early iron smelting site. Re-cutting of stream and construction of revetment wall has exposed a significant quantity of iron slag. Includes tap slag, furnace slag and furnace lining. New wall is on w side of stream, but layer of slag etc visible on e side of cut at roughly water level over several metres. Slag in stream bed also. Two sherds of pottery retrieved, including large fragment ?rb black-burnished from stream side on surface, and smaller sherd of ?black-burnished from the slag band (horner).
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 686 347 |
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Map Sheet: | SS63SE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Brayford |
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District | North Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | CHARLES |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS63SE/4
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FURNACE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV2244.
Vis=25/9/2000 (knights + horner) probable early iron smelting site. Re-cutting of stream and construction of revetment wall has exposed a significant quantity of iron slag. Includes tap slag, furnace slag and furnace lining. New wall is on w side of stream, but layer of slag etc visible on e side of cut at roughly water level over several metres. Slag in stream bed also. Two sherds of pottery retrieved, including large fragment ?rb black-burnished from stream side on surface, and smaller sherd of ?black-burnished from the slag band (horner).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV73146.
Des=horner, w.(dcc)/sketch plan/(25/9/2000)/in pf.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV73147.
Des=slides/(25/9/2000)/in smr.
Keppie, L. + Fitzpatrick, A. + Hassall, M. + Tomlin, R. + Burnham, B., 2001, Roman Britain in 2000, 370 (Article in Serial). SDV361753.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV2244 | Migrated Record: |
SDV361753 | Article in Serial: Keppie, L. + Fitzpatrick, A. + Hassall, M. + Tomlin, R. + Burnham, B.. 2001. Roman Britain in 2000. Britannia. 32. Digital. 370. |
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SDV73146 | Migrated Record: |
SDV73147 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Sep 6 2018 1:42PM |
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