NHER 20278 (Monument record) - Roman ditch, concentrations of Roman material

6 March 1984. Fenland Fieldwalking. Well weathered plough soil. (S1, S2, S3, S4).
Context 1. General scatter Roman sherds, mostly towards south.
Context 2 at 5270 1545. Ditch seen in newly cleaned dyke. On north side thick layer charcoal coats side of ditch and runs into bottom. Roman sherds collected from spoil thrown out during cleaning (almost all from charcoal and from the in situ charcoal layer). Also briquetage. Second ditch can be seen around 50m to north; produced no material but also
probably Roman.
Context 3 at 5275 1546. Concentration Roman pottery set in dark stained silt and spreading a little way beyond stained area. 43 x 23m. Some bone, but no shell and very little later debris. Onside roddon.
Context 4 at 5270 1551. Small concentration Roman sherds 31 x 15m. Odd bit of bone but no shell. Ground not stained. On top roddon. Location suggests may have come from dyke cleaning. Extremely close to second ditch mentioned under Context 2.
Compiled by R. Silvester (NAU), 6 March 1984.

Some of the material from Contexts 1 & 3 has been reidentified as medieval pottery. For full details of wares, flint types etc see Fenland Folders (S5).