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| Name: | Middle Iron Age activity to the south of Boston Road, Old Sleaford |
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| HER Number: | MLI91639 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Middle Iron Age palisaded enclosure and possible grain storage and drying activity
| Grid Reference: | TF 079 454 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF04NE |
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| Parish: | SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full 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}
<1> Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, 1991, Archaeological Excavations, Booker Seeds, Boston Road, Sleaford, - (Report). SLI11904.
<2> Shelia M. Elsdon, 1997, Old Sleaford Revealed: A Lincolnshire Settlement in Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and Medieval Times: Excavations 1882-1995, pp 26-27, pp 29-30, pp 47-48 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI8621.
Monument Types
- CORN DRYING OVEN (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- DITCH (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- GRANARY (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- HEARTH (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- PALISADED ENCLOSURE (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- POST HOLE (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- SHERD (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- SLAG (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
Associated Events
- Excavations on land immediately north of the Grantham to Sleaford Railway line, 1990-91
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Report: Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire. 1991. Archaeological Excavations, Booker Seeds, Boston Road, Sleaford. -. |
| <2> | Bibliographic Reference: Shelia M. Elsdon. 1997. Old Sleaford Revealed: A Lincolnshire Settlement in Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and Medieval Times: Excavations 1882-1995. pp 26-27, pp 29-30, pp 47-48. |
Related records
| MLI82621 | Related to: Iron Age activity off Stephens Road, Sleaford. (Monument) |
| MLI60583 | Related to: Late Iron Age settlement in Old Sleaford (Monument) |
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