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Roman saltern in Helpringham Fen is a Romano-British salt-production site located in the Lincolnshire Fens. The site dates to the Roman period and represents evidence of systematic salt extraction from the saline waters of the fenland environment, a resource exploitation activity that was economically significant to Romano-British communities. The saltern would have consisted of evaporation tanks and associated structures used in the labour-intensive process of producing salt, a commodity essential for food preservation and widely traded throughout the Roman empire. The site survives as buried archaeological deposits within the fenland landscape, preserving evidence of this important aspect of Romano-British industrial activity.
Roman saltern in Helpringham Fen is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004962. View the official record →
Roman saltern in Helpringham Fen is a Romano-British salt-production site located in the Lincolnshire Fens. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004962.
Roman saltern in Helpringham Fen 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 1004962.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Car Dyke, Roman canal at Helpringham (2.7 km), Helpringham village cross (4 km), Roman settlement and drove at Fen Farm (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman saltern in Helpringham Fen'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.
Roman saltern in Helpringham Fen stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.