Swanpool,_Lincoln

Swanpool, Lincoln

Swanpool, Lincoln

Suburb of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

53.2149°N 0.57793626°W / 53.2149; -0.57793626[1]

Houses on Hartsholme Drive in Swanpool

Swanpool is a suburb of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It was built in the interwar period as a garden suburb.[3]

Archaeology

An industrial pottery kiln dating to the Roman period was discovered to the northeast of the Swanpool estate and excavated by Graham Webster and Norman Booth in 1945.[4][5] The kiln produced a wide variety of wares,[4] which were distributed throughout the Roman city of Lindum Colonia and as far as the Humber.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Swanpool, Lincoln". #GetOutside. Ordnance Survey.
  2. ↑
    "Swanpool, Lincoln". #GetOutside. Ordnance Survey.
  3. [3]
    "Swanpool Garden Suburb". Heritage Connect Lincoln. City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. [4]
    Webster, Graham; Booth, Norman (1947). "A Romano-British Pottery Kiln at Swanpool, Near Lincoln". The Antiquaries Journal. 27 (1–2): 61–79. doi:10.1017/S0003581500017583. ISSN 1758-5309. S2CID 162814999.
  5. [5]
    "Roman pottery kilns in the Swanpool area of Lincoln". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire County Council. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. [6]
    Tomber, Roberta; Dore, John, eds. (1998). "Swanpool Fabrics". National Roman Fabric Reference Collection. Study Group for Roman Pottery. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

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