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Boston Road

Lincolnshire, England · Atlas EN2863

Location

Atlas number
EN2863 (2863)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Lincolnshire
Historic county
Lincolnshire
Parish, community, or townland
Sleaford
National Grid reference
TF 07910 45410
Latitude
52.99513
Longitude
-0.39365
Altitude
14 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Possible original entrances
1
Enclosing works, excavated
palisade
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
built-up land

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits, postholes, and rectangular structures
Finds
pottery, metalworking, and animal bones
Investigations
Excavation (1991)

Identifiers

HER
Lincolnshire 65280
Wikidata
Q31112808

Sources

References

  1. Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, 1991, Archaeological Excavations, Booker Seeds, Boston Road, Sleaford (Intervention Report). Unpublished. Available on ADS