Monument record MLI40813 - SHRUNKEN MEDIEVAL VILLAGE OF WITHCALL

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SHRUNKEN MEDIEVAL VILLAGE OF WITHCALL

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PRN 40813 The earthwork and cropmark remains of a medieval village centred on TF 2841 8386. It includes a strongly defensive moated site with two courts which is probably manorial at TF 2836 8385. The moat is dry. A well at TF 2830 8385 was probably sunk on the spring which fed the moat. A second moat located at TF 2857 8396 is probably a homestead moat. It is rectangular in shape measuring 100m, from north-east to south-west, by 54m. Traces of stone foundations are visible at the south-west side of the island. Traces of old field banks and roadside quarrying can be seen south-west of the church. A road and narrow enclosures are visible on aerial photographs around TF 281 837. The road survives as a broad depression. South-east of the railway line, field banks and associated roads survive as earthworks. {1}{2}{3} During a walkover survey, earthwork enclosures were observed at approximately TF 2846 8358.{5}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. WITHCALL. TF 28 SE:A,1929, PHILLIPS, C.W..
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. WITHCALL. TF 28 SE:2,1977, SEAMAN B H.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: BERESFORD, M.W. AND HURST, J.G.. 1971. DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGES. P195.
  •  Aerial Photograph: LUCK, G.. 1993-97. GORDON LUCK COLLECTION. -,1997, .
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. June 2000. Electricity line refurbishment bewtween Stenigot and Tathwell, East Lindsey. STE00.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF2883:LI.4.1-20.

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Grid reference Centred TF 2841 8386 (781m by 1024m)
Civil Parish WITHCALL, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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