More information : [Name SE 94462129] Romano-British Settlement [G.S.] (Site of) (1)
Extensive Roman occupation site and possible site of the
northernmost fort of the frontier under Ostorius Scapula as
postulated by Webster.(7) This is suggested by the presence of
pre-Flavian Samian ware. In 1960 a sewage outfall trench some 12ft
wide and from 8 to 15 ft. deep was cut. From 700 yards of trench
[area SE 94452144] came a large quantity of 1st to 3rd C. pottery
(including the Samian and some apparently early post-Claudian
rusticated ware,) Claudian sestertius, small green glass bracelet,
crucible, etc. Foundations of at least two rubble and timber-built
structures were seen.
There is further evidence of considerable occupation.
['A' SE 94332106] Three stone-lined wells, burials, much pottery,
including Samian, tiles, querns, coins (Nero to Valentian I),
brooch, beads, etc, found between 1934 and 1940. Coins have come from
the surrounding fields. An Upper Palaeolithic flint implement and
a Beaker bracer or wrist-guard fragment has also been found at this
site.
['B' SE 94952128] Inurned cremation found in 1935.
['C' SE 94872145] Jug sherd showing a female head, and two coins.
Many of the finds are in Scunthorpe Museum. (2-8)
The farmer indicated the line of the 1960 trench, the length along
which finds were made ('D'-'E', SE 94642119 - SE 94462143)
and a point ('F'- SE 94492134) of heavy concentration with evidence
of kilns.
He believes that further excavations are planned for this year
and confirmed that, apart from a few pottery samples, all finds
have gone to Scunthorpe Museum; where the majority can be identified.
Perambulation of the plough produced a considerable quantity of
coarse and grey ware and a few sherds of Samian; a line of stone
scatter running from just north of 'C' for some 4.50m. in
direction of 'A' indicated a possible street. (9)
Additional Roman finds from the area are in the possession of Mr
Harrison, North Street, Winterton. (10)
SE945213. Excavation on the site of the settlement where
Ermine Street meets the Humber crossing was made in 1964
and 1965. A road and timber buildings of the Claudian period were
found, as well as later roads and a 3rd century house. A number
of ditches seem to be mainly road-ditches, but may be the outer
defences of a fort. Numerous finds indicated occupation from
Claudian times, but it seems that the main centre of settlement is in
adjoining fields. (11-12)
A Late La Tene, Colchester type brooch, from this site is listed
by Challis and Harding. (13)
A trackway aligned with enclosures is visible as cropmarks at the above location on air photographs (1999) and presumably represents the Iron Age/Roman settlement already described. (14-15)
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