Monument record MLI42078 - MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT, CLAXBY
Summary
MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT, CLAXBY
Type and Period (4)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUILDING (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1539 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOUND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
DEFENSIVE MEDIEVAL EARTHWORK POSSIBLY SERVING AS A REFUGE FOR VILLAGERS' CATTLE IN THE MID TWELFTH CENTURY. IN CANON TATHAM'S EXCAVATION c1906 RUBBLE FOUNDATIONS, ROOF TILES, POTTERY, METAL OBJECTS AND ANIMAL BONES WERE FOUND TO THE WEST END OF THE ENCLOSURE. ORIGINALLY INTERPRETED AS ROMAN THEY ARE PROBABLY MEDIEVAL. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
THE AREA HAS BEEN PLOUGHED EAST OF THE FARM AND THE EARTHWORKS APPEAR AS SOILMARKS. IN 1977 MORE POTTERY AND COINS INCLUDING A SCEAT AND ONE CNUT WERE FOUND. {6}{7}
NMP - earthwork enclosure and mound. {8}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI2962 Index: SMR FILE. CLAXBY. TF 47 SE A -.
- <2> SLI2444 Index: OS CARD INDEX. CLAXBY. TF 47 SE 1,1964, HARPER F R.
- <3> SLI3907 Serial: TATHAM, E.H.R.. 1906. LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES. VOL IX PP 103-110.
- <4> SLI46 Artefact: 1972. CITY AND COUNTY MUSEUM COLLECTION 1972. LM 26.72.
- <5> SLI4606 Article in Serial: H.L. Barker. 1955. 'The Excavation of a Medieval Enclosure at Claxby, near Alford, 1948' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. vol.6, part.1, pp.14-6.
- <6> SLI2962 Index: SMR FILE. CLAXBY. TF 47 SE A,1977, WHITE, A.J..
- <7> SLI51 Artefact: 1977. CITY AND COUNTY MUSEUM COLLECTION 1977. LM 249.77.
- <8> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF4571: LI.385.6.1-2.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 4523 7119 (190m by 166m) Estimated from Sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CLAXBY ST ANDREW, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 30 2022 1:22PM
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