Find Spot record 9244/1/0 - Early/middle Saxon Iron Smelting site

A slag mound located in the corner of the parish adjacent to Harpers Brook. A test pit revealed that the mound was located over a pit or quarry filled with slag and furnace debris. Charcoal was radiocarbon dated to AD 590-775.

{2} Bulwick (SP9770 9485) This site, in the corner of the parish adjacent to the Harpers Brook, consisted of a slag mound 500 min high with a spread of 40m. The test pit revealed that the mound was sited over a pit or quarry at of least 8 m diameter filled with slag and furnace debris. This was over 1 m deep and produced charcoal giving an early/mid Saxon date of AD 590-775/ [NGR incorrect, should be SP 9700 9485]

{3} Correct NGR.

<1> Hall D.N., 1960-1999, Rockingham Forest Project: Archaeological Sites Recorded by David Hall, Bulwick/Site 2 (Database). SNN102279.

<2> Horne B. (Editor), 2001, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (31), p. 38 (Newsletter). SNN112958.

<3> Bellamy B.; Jackson D.; Johnston G., 2000-01, Early Iron Smelting in the Rockingham Forest Area: A Survey of the Evidence, p. 111 & 125 (Article). SNN103947.

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Dec 19 2022 8:37AM