Roman settlement found at Healing housing development site

BBC News ^ | July 20, 2023 | Chloe Laversuch

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Remains of a Roman settlement have been discovered at a housing development site in North East Lincolnshire.

Two human burials and animal bones were found at the plot, off Larkspur Avenue in Healing.

Archaeologists discovered enclosures which date back to AD200, according to North East Lincolnshire Council...

Developer Cyden Homes agreed to a programme of archaeological investigation on the land before it could be built on.

Work began nearly 10 years ago, according to the council, and excavations have discovered a Roman 'ladder' settlement.

This comprised a linear village of enclosures, where archaeologists found evidence of a small hearth and watering holes.

They also uncovered a corn dryer, stone tools known as quern stones, and fragments of animals bones, suggesting people kept cows and sheep.

This suggested the villagers were involved in farming and the processing of crops, according to researchers.

Two poorly preserved human burials have been found.

And the remains of two large buildings, one unusually with plaster on the wall, have also been discovered.

Ms Jennings, heritage officer at Equans which operates the council's development services, said... "This site was inhabited for at least a few hundred years and we can see from this site the way the people here were living and adapting their settlement to suit their needs."

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Archaeologists made the discovery on land off Larkspur Avenue in Healing

Image Source, North East Lincolnshire Council

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