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Lincolnshire HER

Name:MEDIEVAL POTTERY FOUND, WIGTOFT
HER Number:MLI13090
Type of record:Monument

Summary

MEDIEVAL POTTERY FOUND, WIGTOFT

Grid Reference:TF 246 370
Map Sheet:TF23NW
Parish:WIGTOFT, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

IN 1973, POTTERY WAS COLLECTED FROM A POSSIBLE MEDIEVAL SALTERN MOUND TO THE SOUTH OF A FORMER BREWERY IN THE JUNCTION BETWEEN THE A17 AND THE ROAD THROUGH BICKER. LOCALLY KNOWN AS THE 'CHURCHYARD', MUCH ANIMAL BONE WAS DUG UP. FORMERLY A POND WHICH IS NOW FILLED IN. LATE MEDIEVAL POTTERY WAS FOUND INCLUDING BOURNE D PANCHEON AND OTHER SHERDS, RAEREN BASE AND COMPLEX RIM. ALSO FOUND WERE ONE OR TWO SHERDS OF ABRADED RED SANDY WARE, AND A TOYNTON LATE HOOKED RIM PANCHEON AND OTHER SHERDS. A SPLASHED WARE TYPE POSSIBLE URINAL WITH A GREEN GLAZED HANDLE WAS ALSO FOUND.{1}


<1> Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit, -,1973, - (Index). SLI2190.

Monument Types

  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SALT WORKS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SHERD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. WIGTOFT. -,1973, -.