Publications: Archaeological Reports

Lincolnshire Salterns: Excavations at Helpringham, Holbeach St. John's and Bicker Haven

Authors: A Bell, D Gurney and H Healey East Anglian Archaeology Report No 89 Published by the Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire in conjunction with the Scole Archaeological Committee ISBN 0-948639-23-7 RRP £12.95 plus £1.85 postage and packing   Lincolnshire Salterns presents a series of reports on excavations of salt-making sites in Lincolnshire from the Iron-Age, Romano-British and the medieval periods. The excavations were underetaken from the 1960's through to the 1980's and are published here for the first time. Togerther they make a significant contribution to our knowledge of ancient salt-making processes; an important but poorly undertsood industry.