Monument record MLI20379 - MEDIEVAL SALTERNS, SARACEN'S HEAD

Summary

MEDIEVAL SALTERNS, SARACEN'S HEAD

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL SALTERNS AROUND SARACEN'S HEAD. {1} SUCH WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MEDIEVAL SALTMAKING INDUSTRY FROM THE LATE C12 TO LATE C15 THAT THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN HAD TO INTERVENE IN SETTING THE PARISH BOUNDARIES BETWEEN WHAPLODE AND HOLBEACH AFTER DISPUTES OVER THE SALTERNS AT SARACEN'S HEAD. {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Verbal Communication: HEALEY, R.H.. 1997. Verbal report from Hilary Healey. -.
  •  Report: ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT SERVICES. 1997. REAPPRAISAL OF HOLBEACH CONSERVATION AREA. 23/97; HCA97.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 3383 2690 (966m by 627m)
Civil Parish WHAPLODE, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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