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| Name: | Romano British finds from Toft Hills, Billingborough |
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| HER Number: | MLI32858 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Romano British finds from Toft Hills, Billingborough
| Grid Reference: | TF 120 332 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF13SW |
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| Parish: | BILLINGBOROUGH, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
PRN32972
Romano-British potsherds, dressed stone, roofing and hypocaust tiles and two possible coarse tesserae found during field walking. The field name is Toft Hills and there is a pronounced ridge parallel with the road (B. B. Simmons, 1972). In 1976 the following finds were made: a sestertius of Marcus Aurelius - illegible; an illegible antoninianus of Tetricus I; an antoninianus of Gallienus; a bronze medallion of Carus (AD282-83).{1}
In March 1972 the following were found at Toft Hills: tesserae, tiles, stone, grey wares, colour-coated ware, querns - TF123338. Part of same site as above, it covers at least ten acres. {3}
Cropmarks visible in aerial photographs in this area may relate to this site (see PRN39226). {4}
<1> SMR FILE, TF 13 SW W,1976, RWH (Index). SLI2908.
<2> 1977, CITY AND COUNTY MUSEUM COLLECTION 1977, LM 121.77 (Artefact). SLI51.
<3> Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit, -,1972, SIMMONS B B (Index). SLI2132.
<4> 1946-98, RCHME, 1519/22-24 (Aerial Photograph). SLI193.
Monument Types
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VILLA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- MEDALLION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 161 AD to 283 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: SMR FILE. BILLINGBOROUGH. TF 13 SW W,1976, RWH. |
| <2> | Artefact: 1977. CITY AND COUNTY MUSEUM COLLECTION 1977. LM 121.77. |
| <3> | Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. BILLINGBOROUGH. -,1972, SIMMONS B B. |
| <4> | Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 1519/22-24. |
Related records
| MLI32859 | Related to: PENNY OF EDWARD I (Find Spot) |
| MLI98652 | Related to: Sinuous cropmark complex running east to west in Billingborough parish (Monument) |
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