NHER 4240 (Monument record) - Roman salt works and settlement, Denver

1951 and 1955-6.
Roman sherds found.

1959.
Roman pottery from dyke cleaning.

1960.
Roman copper alloy bracelet found.

1960.
Ministry of Works excavation of Roman salt working site.
Two sections were cut across the Fen Causeway, NHER 2769, revealed a system of dykes and briquetage.

1961.
Roman sherds and coal found.

1962.
Roman sherds found.

1963.
Observation of levelling works on Roman salt working site; sections cut across Fen Causeway.
Romano-Saxon pottery.

'Romano-Saxon' pottery sherds are probably from the Roman kilns at Much Hadham, the products from which reached Norfolk during the later 4th century.
D. Gurney (NLA) 5 December 2006

For full details including excavation notes and sections see file.
E. Rose (NLA) 2 August 1990.

1964.
Excavation of Roman hut sites found in ploughing.
Tiles and pottery from surface.

1966.
Further details of Roman salt working site revealed by commercial excavations.

1967.
Roman kiln and pit discovered.

1968.
Roman copper alloy bowl ploughed up.

1970s.
Bronze Age coal ring, Roman earring, spoon etc.
S. Margeson (NCM) 10 February 1992.

1973.
Roman sherds found (S2).

Pre 1974.
Roman sherds found.

1975 to 1977.
Cropmarks of enclosures.

1984.
Roman sherds found.

1988. Fenland fieldwalking.
Roman sherds and bone.

See full details, site plans etc in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 2 August 1990.

For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).

22 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Some cropmarks of enclosures visible.
In addition to these cropmarks, two ring ditches and a linear feature are visible to the southeast.
One ring ditch is located at NGR TF 5942 0046, the second at TF 5940 0041.
H. Clare (NLA), 4 January 2002.