Monument record M18389 - Ro settlement at Site C, Sturton le Steeple

Summary

SETTLEMENT? (Roman)

Location

Grid reference SK 81699 83899 (point)
Map sheet SK88SW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Sturton le Steeple, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Romano-British features comprising eight ditches / gullies (one curvilinear in form), six pits and possble post holes were discovered on the gravel terrace. Artefacts included slag suggestive of smithing, while the quantities of pottery found indicated activity from C1 to C4. Notably features further back on the terrace in 06a were of C1 - C2, compared to those in 03a of C2 - C3, and up to C4 in 03b, suggesting some movement between phases of activity. Together this evidence suggests the presence of a similar multiphased ditched enclosure complex to that in site B. The extent of the site is unclear from the geophysical survey. Excavation revealed deposits to stretch at least 60m to the W of the palaeochannel and at least 30m N - S. The presence of heat affected stone from fieldwalking suggests an associated field system may have lain further back on the gravel terrace. … Each site situated on the edge of the gravel terrace possessed waterlogged deposits containing dumped Romano-British material running into the palaeochannel / floodplain. (1)
See M18387, M18388 for nearby settlements, M5033 for town of Segelocum.


<1> TPAU, 2004, Archaeological Evaluation at Sturton Le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, pp 24, 60 (Unpublished document). SNT2396.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: TPAU. 2004. Archaeological Evaluation at Sturton Le Steeple, Nottinghamshire. pp 24, 60.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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