Monument record MLI12815 - 'The Ivorys' or 'Iverys', Wrangle
Summary
'The Ivorys' or 'Iverys', Wrangle.
Type and Period (4)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
The 'Ivorys' is a piece of land on the Wrangle-Friskney parish boundary (which is also the Holland-Lindsey administrative boundary) where a very large building stood within a moat in the form of a parallelogram. Extensive foundations are visible. {1}{2}
An old castle called 'Twigrain' is mentioned in the tower records as existing in the neighbourhood of Lindsey and Holland. Ivory Hills falls in Holland. The name is probably a corruption of Twigrain. {3}
Moated enclosures are clearly visible at TF 4445 5324, falling in Lindsey and at TF 4441 5296, in Little Iverys and a roughly rectangular depression in the plough, centred at TF 4458 5306 marks the site of the moat. {4}
Amorphous earthworks at the sites, which may have been ditched enclosures, are visible in the crop. {5}
Site confirmed by fenland survey with finds of medieval pottery and bone. Tile was also abundant and some appears to be waster material so there may have been a kiln nearby. {6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI2857 Index: OS CARD INDEX. WRANGLE. TF45SW11,1965, -.
- <2> SLI939 Bibliographic Reference: OLDFIELD, E.. 1829. TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF WAINFLEET. P 16.
- <3> SLI1071 Bibliographic Reference: Pishey Thompson. 1856. The Histories and Antiquities of Boston. P 609.
- <4> SLI134 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 106G:UK:1730; 3202-3204,1946, .
- <5> SLI3399 Index: SMR FILE. WRANGLE. TF45SW,1976, R.W.H..
- <6> SLI1077 Bibliographic Reference: Hayes, P. P. and Lane, T. W.. 1993. Lincolnshire Survey, The Northern Fen-Edge. WRA 26.
Map
Location
Grid reference | TF 4458 5306 (point) Estimated from sources |
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Civil Parish | WRANGLE, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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