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Bronze Age Saltern is a salt-making site located in Lincolnshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age period. The site represents evidence of early industrial activity in Britain, specifically the extraction and processing of salt from coastal or brackish water sources, which was a valuable commodity in prehistory. The physical remains typically associated with such salterns include spreads of burnt material, pottery, and structural evidence related to evaporation and salt crystallisation processes. This monument provides important archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns, economy, and the exploitation of natural resources in eastern England.
Bronze Age saltern is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004961. View the official record →
Bronze Age Saltern is a salt-making site located in Lincolnshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004961.
Bronze Age saltern is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004961.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site NE of Sempringham House Farm (0.5 km), Decoy pond 350m south of Aslackby Decoy Farm (2.6 km), Sempringham Priory (site of) (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bronze Age saltern's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bronze Age saltern stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.