Monument record MLI43234 - MEDIEVAL FEATURES FOUND OFF HALTON ROAD, ASHBY BY PARTNEY

Summary

MEDIEVAL FEATURES FOUND OFF HALTON ROAD, ASHBY BY PARTNEY

Type and Period (1)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 43234 A WATCHING BRIEF ON LAND SOUTH OF HALTON ROAD IN 1995 REVEALED A SERIES OF DITCHES DATING TO C12 AND C13. {5}{6} AT LEAST FIVE EARTH CUT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES WERE EXPOSED WITHIN TRENCHES ASSOCIATED WITH FOUNDATIONS FOR NEW HOUSE. MEDIEVAL POTTERY OF EARLY THIRTEENTH AND MID FOURTEENTH CENTURY WAS FOUND. THE SITE MAY WELL HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED DURING THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD. {1}{2} FURTHER WORK AT TF 42806642 IDENTIFIED A BACK-FILLED V-SHAPED DITCH ORIENTATED NORTH-WEST TO SOUTH-EAST APPROXIMATELY 1.8 M WIDE AND 0.9 M DEEP. THERE WAS A SMALL QUANTITY OF MID C14 TO EARLY C15 POTTERY IN THE FILL. THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF GULLIES FOUND ON THE SITE. THERE WAS A PIT FILLED WITH DIRTY, SANDY CLAY WHICH CONTAINED POTTERY SHERDS DATING BETWEEN THE MID C14 AND THE EARLY C15. THE FEATURES FOUND REPRESENT PROPERTY AND/OR FIELD BOUNDARIES AND IMPLY DIRECT OCCUPATION OF THE SITE PERHAPS CONCENTRATED ON THE FRONTAGE. {3}{4} DURING A WATCHING BRIEF ON LAND AT HALTON ROAD A PIT WAS IDENTIFIED AT TF42816640. THE PIT CONTAINED A SINGLE SHERD OF MEDIEVAL POTTERY. {7}{8}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1996. Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Land South-East of Halton Road, Ashby by Partney. ABP96.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1996. Archaeological Watching Brief: Land South-East of Halton Road, Ashby by Partney. LCNCC 13.96.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1996. Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Land South-East of Halton Road, Ashby by Partney. ABPS96.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1996. Archaeological Watching Brief: Land South-East of Halton Road, Ashby by Partney. LCNCC 58.96.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1995. Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Land off Halton Road, Ashby by Partney. ABP95.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1995. Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Land off Halton Road, Ashby by Partney. LCNCC 187.95.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1997. Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Plot 4, Halton Road, Ashby by Partney. ABP97.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1997. Archaeological Watching Brief: Plot 4, Halton Road, Ashby by Partney. LCNCC 170.97.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 4278 6657 (point)
Civil Parish ASHBY BY PARTNEY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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