Monument record MLI34801 - Medieval-post medieval settlement remains, Back Lane

Summary

Medieval-post medieval settlement remains, Back Lane

Type and Period (3)

  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1600 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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IN A FIELD NORTH OF BACK LANE AND MIDDLE STREET ARE UNDATED EARTHWORKS. THEY SEEM TO BE HOUSE PLATFORMS, POSSIBLY RELATING TO EARTHWORKS JUST TO THE NORTH. THE LAND IS PASTURE. {1}{2} A watching brief was carried out on land adjacent to back Lane. A stone and Brick well was revealed, which may be seventeenth century or earlier. In the north of the site there was a possibly medieval stone wall, and possible eighteenth century or earlier building remains. Three sherds of pottery dating from the twelfth-eighteenth century were recovered. {3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. SKILLINGTON. SK 67.03 -.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8925:LI.779.11.1; 1995.
  •  Report: University of Leicester Archaeological Services. 2000. Back Lane, Skillington. SKB99.
  •  Archive: University of Leicester Archaeological Services. 2000. Back Lane, Skillington. LCNCC 178.99.

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Grid reference SK 8962 2575 (point)
Civil Parish SKILLINGTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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