Site Event/Activity record ELI14665 - Watching brief at St Andrew's Church, West Deeping

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 1089 0863 (28m by 25m)
Civil Parish WEST DEEPING, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Watching Brief

Organisation

Archaeological Project Services

Date

From 28 May 2021 to 10 Jun 2021 (intermittent)

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Description

A programme of archaeological monitoring and recording was conducted on the groundworks for a new toilet and servery facilities inside the tower of St Andrew's Church, West Deeping. The interior works required the removal of most of the tower floor, revealing a sequence comprising the current tile flooring with layers of brick and mortared stone beneath. A soil layer beneath the stone was exposed but not excavated. Finds recovered included modern pottery, 19th-20th century glass, three iron nails, and a copper fitting, possibly from a light. Two graves were also partially exposed; a floor timber above one grave was incised with markings that may have been letters, though no words could be identified. The exterior works revealed a deep subsoil, from which early post-Medieval pottery sherds a fragment of 18th to 20th century tile, and bones from an articulated cat burial were recovered. The trench to the northwest of the church revealed articulated human bone without a recognisable grave cut, which was left undisturbed in situ. A modern feature containing a deposit of slate tile was also encountered cutting the subsoil. {1}{2}

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Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2021. Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at St Andrew's Church, West Deeping. APS Site Code: WDSA19.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2021. Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at St Andrew's Church, West Deeping. LCNCC: 2021.129.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Churchyard, St Andrew's Church, West Deeping (Monument)
  • St Andrew's Church, West Deeping (Building)

Record last edited

Jul 31 2025 3:25PM

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