Roman Nantwich: A Salt-Making Settlement: Excavations at Kingsley Fields 2002

Product Description In 2002 the fullest evidence so far recovered for the Roman settlement at Nantwich, a historic salt-producing centre in Cheshire (north-western England), was revealed by an excavation carried out at Kingsley Fields, on the west side of the town, ahead of a housing development. This uncovered a previously unknown Roman road, linking the settlement at Nantwich to the main road network, and, positioned along this, evidence for the collection and storage of brine and the production of salt, together with buildings, enclosures, a well and a small number of cremation burials. Waterlogged conditions meant that organic remains, including structural timbers, were well preserved on the site. These included the two finest examples of timber-built brine tanks excavated from Roman Britain. This volume presents the wide-ranging finds of these investigations. Contents: Introduction (Peter Connelly & David Power); 2) Background to the Excavation (Peter Connelly & David Power); 3) The Excavation (Peter Arrowsmith, Simon Askew, Peter Connelly & David Power); 4) Coarse Pottery (Philip Mills with Jeremy Evans); 5) Samian Ware (Felicity C Wild); 6) Coins (David Shotter); 7) Small Finds and Vessel Glass (H E M Cool); 8) Cremated Remains (Jacqueline I McKinley, Catherine Barnett & Ruth Pelling); 9) Leather (Quita Mould); 10) Wooden Objects (Peter Arrowsmith & Steven Bellshaw); 11) Quernstones (John Cruse); 12) Architectural and Altar Fragments (Peter Arrowsmith); 13) Fired Clay and Briquetage (Cynthia Poole); 14) Industrial Debris (Mark Adams); 15) Brick and Tile (Jeff Speakman); 16) Structural Timbers (Peter Arrowsmith, Michael Nevell & David Power); 17) Dendrochronological Samples of Structural Timbers (Ian Tyers); 18) Plant Macrofossils, Wood, Diatoms, Faunal Remains and Insect Analysis (Charlotte OBrien, Lorne Elliott, Nigel Cameron, Louisa Gidney & Steve Davis), 19) Conclusion (Peter Arrowsmith & David Power); Appendix A. Kingsley Cottage, Red Lion Lane, Nantwich, A Note on the Evaluation in 2003 (Peter Arrowsmith); Appendix B. St Anne's Lane, Nantwich, A Note on the Excavations by Gifford in 2006 (Michael Nevell). About the Author Peter Arrowsmith and David Power