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Aerial Reconnaissance and Excavation at Littleborough-on-Trent, Notts.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

D.N. Riley ,
P.C. Buckland ,
J.S. Wade ,
M. Dearne ,
B.R. Hartley ,
K.F. Hartley ,
G. Kinsley  and
T. O'Connor
D.N. Riley
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
P.C. Buckland
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
J.S. Wade
Affiliation:
Department of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield
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Littleborough lies on the west bank of the river Trent between Newark and Gainsborough, at the point where the Roman road from Lincoln to Doncaster crossed the river. Finds of Roman material from the site are recorded from the sixteenth century onwards and Roman tile occurs built into the small Norman church. Epigraphic and literary evidence combine to identify the site with Segelocvm, the place name apparently referring to a pool with rapid current in the river. The present paper brings together a considerable amount of new evidence from aerial photographs by J.K. St Joseph and D.N. Riley and the results of excavations by W.B. Clark in 1954–56 and by J.S. Wade in 1968–70. The combined data suggest a substantial defended settlement lying to the north of the present road from Sturton-le-Steeple to the river bank.

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Britannia , Volume 26 , November 1995 , pp. 253 - 284
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Copyright © D.N. Riley, P.C. Buckland and J.S. Wade 1995. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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