Monument record MLI43713 - Settlement of Brinkhill

Summary

The settlement of Brinkhill probably has its origins in the late Anglo-Saxon period and survives to the present.

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Full Description

Brinkhill is first mentioned in the Domesday Survey. Referred to as 'Brincle', the name is derived from the Old English 'brinc(e)' meaning the brink of a hill or a steep slope. The Domesday Survey records that Brinkhill was owned by Earl Hugh. It is recorded with several other villages as being sokeland of the manor of Greetham. {1}{2} Two sherds of medieval pottery were recorded during a watching brief (PRN 43713a - TF 3715 7343). {3}{4} Two sherds of Toynton type pottery, dating to the 14th to the 16th century, were recovered during a watching brief on Harrington Road (PRN 43713b - TF 3715 7355). 18th and 19th century pottery was recovered from the topsoil. {5}{6} A sherd of 14th-15th century Toynton All Saints ware, a medieval ceramic tile and six sherds of 19th-early 20th century pottery were recovered during a watching brief at the Old Post Office (PRN 43713c - TF 372 736). {7}{8} A possible medieval ditch containing a sherd of late 11th to 12th century pottery was found in November 2010, during archaeological monitoring of the excavation of footings for The Orangery, The Moat House, Brinkhill (PRN 43713d - TF 3728 7348). {9}{10} Traces of medieval ridge and furrow were identified to the west of Brinkhill in June 2011, during magnetometry survey along selected parts of the proposed Covenham Water Treatment Works to Boston Transfer pipeline (PRN 43713e - TF 3691 7364). The remains were identified as a series of parallel linear magnetic anomalies, aligned on a roughly north-west to south-east axis. {11} 109 sherds of medieval to post-medieval pottery were found to the north-west of Brinkhill in October 2011, during subsequent field walking of the proposed water pipeline route. The assemblage comprised sherds from a variety of forms and fabrics, including fragments of Toynton ware, possible late medieval Toynton ware, Lincolnshire Glazed ware, Glazed Red Earthenwares, Staffordshire Slipwares, and Nottinghamshire and English Stonewares. {12}{13} More extensive areas of medieval ridge and furrow to the west of Brinkhill were identified in October 2011, during expanded magnetometry surveys of the proposed Covenham Water Treatment Works to Boston Transfer pipeline. {14}

Sources/Archives (14)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 13,9; L14,7.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF3773: LI.22.1.1-10.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1998. An Archaeological Watching Brief of Land Adjacent to Main Road, Brinkhill. BMR97.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 1997. An Archaeological Watching Brief of Land Adjacent to Main Road, Brinkhill. LCNCC 223.97.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. Nov 1999. Harrington Road, Brinkhill. BHR99.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 1999. Harrington Road, Brinkhill. LCNCC 120.99.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. April 2001. The Old Post Office, Brinkhill, Louth. BOP00.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. April 2001. The Old Post Office, Brinkhill, Louth. LCNCC 2000.82.
  •  Report: Marc Berger. 2011. Archaeological monitoring at The Orangery, The Moat House, Brinkhill. OBM10.
  •  Archive: Marc Berger. 2011. Archaeological monitoring at The Orangery, The Moat House, Brinkhill. LCNCC 2010.164.
  •  Report: Bartlett-Clark Consultancy. 2011. Covenham WTW to Boston Transfer. Fields V2-3.
  •  Report: Oxford Archaeology East. 2012. Covenham WTW to Boston Transfer: Field Walking Phase 2. OAE site code: CWTW11.
  •  Archive: Oxford Archaeology East. 2012. Covenham WTW to Boston Transfer: Field Walking Phase 2. LCNCC 2011.102.
  •  Report: Bartlett-Clark Consultancy. 2011. Geophysical Survey for the Covenham WTW to Boston Transfer: Phase 2. Fields V2-3.

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Grid reference Centred TF 3731 7367 (990m by 735m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish BRINKHILL, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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