Poorly Located Find Spot record IKL 301 - Findspot of a Roman leaden cistern

Lead tank found circa 1726 and described by Salmon who says: "about three years ago a leaden cistern was found here by a ploughman, the share striking aginst the edge of it. The treasure it had concealed was gone. The cistern is in being; it contains about sixteen gallons, perforated on each side for rings to lift it by. There is ornamental work on the outside of it, imitating hoops of iron, but cast with the Thing itself. On one side is a mark A, perhaps intending the measure of the use of it" (S1)(S2). The site of the discovery is not mentioned, but the year must be circa 1726/7, and although Salmon states that the tank `is in being', it cannot now be traced (S3).
Identified as probably one with no location now in Camb Museum via an illustration in Gough's edition of Britannia, 1789, with an inverted V- decoration not an A. Otherwise similar to the others (S5). Compare with IKL 033 & 034.

Formerly recorded as IKL MISC