Monument record MLI32932 - RINGSTONE DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE

Summary

RINGSTONE DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE

Type and Period (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

32932 THE SITE OF RINGSTONE HALL, RIPPINGALE, IS CLEARLY MARKED. THE REMAINS OF THE CELLAR AT PRESENT FORM A SMALL POND 14 PACES BY 11 PACES. THE LOST VILLAGE OF RINGSTONE IN RIPPINGALE PARISH WAS MENTIONED BEFORE THE CONQUEST AND AGAIN IN 14TH CENTURY. APs SHOW TRACES (ALTHOUGH PARTIALLY OBLITERATED BY LATER WORKS) OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE DESERTION AT AREA TF 09372703. {1}{2}{3}{4} THERE ARE NO SURFACE REMAINS OF EITHER RINGSTONE HALL OR VILLAGE, THE AREA AS OUTLINED IS UNDER CROP. THE CELLAR IS FILLED. THERE IS A SURFACE SCATTER OF BUILDING STONE. TF09302695C. {1} DMV OF RIPPINGALE LIES IN AREA AROUND HALL SITE - SOME TRACES ON AIR PHOTOS AND SURFACE SCATTER OF BUILDING STONE AT TF09302695.{3} IN 1965 NECK AND SHOULDERS OF LAMBETH (LATE 17TH CENTURY) JUG IN GREY SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE AND PART OF FACE ROUNDEL OF BELLARMINE JUG FOUND ON SITE OF HALL.{5} QUANTITY OF MEDIEVAL POTTERY AND A FEW SHERDS OF ROMAN FOUND ON THE SITE OF RINGSTONE DMV INCLUDING STAMFORD WARE, BOURNE WARES AND A RIDGE TILE WITH A HOLE FOR A FINIAL AT THE TIP.{6} TF093270-TF094269 - MEDIEVAL AND RB POTTERY FROM FIELD WALKING ON SITE OF RINGSTONE DMV. LARGE AMOUNT OF MEDIEVAL POT AND SOME 4 ROMAN SHERDS INCLUDING REEDED AND MORTAR RIM AND FLAGON FRAGMENT.{7} The settlement of Ringstone is documented at various times throughout the medieval period, including several fourteenth century references (A Villata 1316, 1327 and 1333; Nomina Villarum Entry 1316; Lay Subsidy Entry 1334). {9}

Sources/Archives (10)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. RIPPINGALE. TF02NE:3,1965, DA.
  •  Article in Serial: 1861. Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. VOL 6 XVI-XVII.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. VOL 19 XLI AND LXIII.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 106G:UK:1431.7053-7054,1946, .
  •  Index: SMR FILE. RIPPINGALE. TF 02 NE:A,1976, RWH.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. RIPPINGALE. TF 02 NE:A HEALEY H & SIMMONS B.
  •  Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. RIPPINGALE. - HEALEY H & SIMMONS B.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. -.
  •  Index: Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire. South Kesteven Records. Rippingale. -.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. BAB14; 20/11/1969.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 094 270 (647m by 324m)
Civil Parish RIPPINGALE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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