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Swanpool,_Lincoln Latitude and Longitude:

53°12′54″N 0°34′41″W / 53.2149°N 0.57793626°W / 53.2149; -0.57793626 [1]
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53°12′54″N 0°34′41″W / 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. [2]

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. [3] [4] The kiln produced a wide variety of wares, [3] which were distributed throughout the Roman city of Lindum Colonia and as far as the Humber. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Swanpool, Lincoln". #GetOutside. Ordnance Survey.
  2. ^ "Swanpool Garden Suburb". Heritage Connect Lincoln. City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "Roman pottery kilns in the Swanpool area of Lincoln". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire County Council. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. ^ 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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