The Romano-British settlement near Staniwells Farm lies on the limestone of north Lincolnshire, in the parish of Hibaldstow, a few kilometres from the small roadside town of Hibaldstow itself on Ermine Street. It appears to have been a modest rural settlement, likely active from the later 1st or 2nd century through the 3rd–4th centuries AD, typical of the dispersed farmsteads of the Lincoln–Humber hinterland.
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Its significance lies in being part of the dense pattern of agricultural settlement supplying the colonia at Lindum (Lincoln) and the populous roadside settlements along Ermine Street, contributing to the wider arable and pastoral economy of the Trent–Humber lowlands rather than playing any administrative or military role.
Little is recorded in detail for this specific site; it is known principally through cropmark evidence, fieldwalking, and surface scatters of Romano-British pottery and tile typical of the local Historic Environment Record entries for the Hibaldstow area. No major published excavation is known to the author, and any structural sequence, dating, or economic detail remains to be established by targeted investigation.
The Romano-British settlement near Staniwells Farm lies on the limestone of north Lincolnshire, in the parish of Hibaldstow, a few kilometres from the small roadside town of Hibaldstow itself on Ermine Street. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
Romano-British settlement near Staniwells Farm is classified as a Roman settlement — 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.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Hibaldstow (1.7 km), Romano-British villa at Mount Pleasant Farm (3.4 km), Untitled (3.8 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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