More information : [Area TF 275164] A small group of small ditched
enclosures under grass at Weston Fen North, associated with
northward branches of the watercourse system, see TF 21 NE 16,
visible on air photographs, Site visited in October 1950 and
January, 1951. In 1952 boys of Spalding Grammar School trial
trenched, at TF 2761 1647, by permission of Mr. S. Halgarth,
farmer, of Weston Hills, an occupation level dating from A.D.
80/90 to AD 140/50. Sherds were extraordinarily prolific and
rectangular blocks (saltern), 8 c.m. by 4 c.m. by more than
15 c.m., came from a hearth on the purely domestic excavated
site.
The dating here reinforces the evidence of early aactivity on
closely adjacent sites, see also TF 21 NE. 7,8,9,14,16. (1-3)
This site is under crop. No visual evidence of occupation.
Mr. and Mrs. Hallam were teachers at Spalding Grammar School
and the instigators of the above mentioned excavation, they are
now abroad.
The majority of Mrs. Hallam's finds are in Lincoln Museum. (4)
TF 276165. Weston Fen north-east; a small settlement consisting
of a group of enclosures and parallel droves visible on air
photographs (a & b). (Full description of auths 1 to 3). (5)
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