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Horncastle Water Mill Watching brief on construction footing trench |
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Network Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Monitoring of the excavation of a 2 by 0.5m trench for building footings at the Horncastle Watermill, Watermill Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire was undertaken from the 5th to 6th February 2009.The property is situated on the River Bain 300m north of the historic market place. Archaeological remains have been found in the Horncastle area that date as early as the Mesolithic period. The River Bain was used extensively from the Roman phase of the town through to the canalisation of the river, which was completed in 1802. As the River Bain and has been exploited throughout history suggests that the presence of well preserved archaeological remains is a possibility. Monitoring of the work, however, revealed only nineteenth and twentieth century layers deliberately deposited to raise ground level. No archaeological features were encountered, and low levels of modern artefacts were recovered from the trench. The artefacts that were recovered were from the lowest deposit observed in the trench |
Author: |
Paul Flintoft
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Publisher: |
Network Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Lincolnshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2009
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Water Mill, Horncastle |
Parish: |
HORNCASTLE |
District: |
East Lindsey |
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Lincolnshire |
Country: |
England |
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Horncastle Watermill Watermill Lane Horncastle Lincolnshire |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Horncastle |
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River Bain |
Grid Reference: 525912, 369864 (Easting, Northing)
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networka2-55085 |
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |