Roman BritainIron Age and Romano-British enclosure, S of village
Roman Site · Civilian

Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure, S of village

Roman Britain
Pleiades ID: nhle-3164
Site type
Site
Category
Civilian
Latitude
53.3567
Longitude
-0.0935
Overview

History & context

This is an Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure complex on the Lincolnshire Wolds/Marsh fringe south of a village (the coordinates place it in the area around Tetney/North Cotes/Marshchapel in NE Lincolnshire). Sites of this character in the region typically comprise ditched rectilinear enclosures with associated trackways and fields, occupied from the later Iron Age through into the 2nd–4th centuries AD, functioning as small mixed-farming settlements.

Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →

Significance

Historical significance

Such enclosures represent the basic unit of the rural economy of the civitas Corieltauvorum, supplying grain, livestock and salt (the latter very important in this coastal zone, with the nearby Tetney/Ingoldmells salterns) to local markets and the wider provincial economy. Individually unremarkable, they are collectively the dominant settlement form across this landscape.

About this site

Questions & answers

What is Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure, S of village?

This is an Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure complex on the Lincolnshire Wolds/Marsh fringe south of a village (the coordinates place it in the area around Tetney/North Cotes/Marshchapel in NE Lincolnshire). It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a site site from the Roman period in Britain.

What type of Roman site is Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure, S of village?

Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure, S of village is classified as a Roman site — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.

What other Roman sites are near Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure, S of village?

Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Kirmond-le-Mire (10.6 km), Neolithic long barrow, Iron Age hut circles and a Romano-British settlement, 380m south-east of Swinhope Lodge (10.9 km), Roman villa (11.1 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.

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