Monument record MLI50303 - REMAINS OF A MANORIAL MOATED SITE AT SOUTHORPE

Summary

REMAINS OF A MANORIAL MOATED SITE AT SOUTHORPE

Type and Period (2)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Full Description

DOCUMENTED IN 1347-8, THE MOATED MANOR AT SOUTHORPE MAY HAVE BEEN STILL IN USE IN 1640. THE SETTLEMENT EARTHWORKS ARE GENERALLY WELL- PRESERVED BUT THE MOATED ENCLOSURE WAS LEVELLED AND PLOUGHED IN 1966 BEFORE BEING RE- GRASSED. THE SITE LIES ON THE SOUTH-FACING SLOPE AND IS CENTRED ON AN ALMOST SQUARE MOAT WHOSE DITCH WAS FORMERLY UP TO 2M DEEP. ALTHOUGH NOW VERY MUCH SMOOTHED BY LEVELLING, IT REMAINS A SUBSTANTIAL EARTHWORK. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A CAUSEWAYED ENTRANCE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER. MEDIEVAL AND LATER POTTERY WAS COLLECTED AFTER LEVELLING. BUILDINGS ARE SHOWN WITHIN THE MOATED ENCLOSURE ON EARLY PRINTED MAPS. A SLIGHT OUTER ENCLOSURE TO ITS WEST CONTAINS A CHAIN OF FISHPONDS COMPRISNG TWO RECTANGULAR PONDS UP TO 1M DEEP DIVIDED BY A DAM, WITH A TANK AT THEIR SOUTH END. THE AGE AND FUNCTION OF DITCHES AND HOLLOWS EAST OF THE MOAT, SURVIVING AS SOILMARKS, IS UNCERTAIN. {1}~, HTM 15M

Sources/Archives (10)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. P141.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. NORTHORPE. SK 89 NE:F,1966, RR.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. NORTHORPE. SK 89 NE:1,1966, HARPER F R.
  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1987. AM 107. -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. FIG102.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: BERESFORD, M.W. AND HURST, J.G.. 1971. DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGES. p195.
  •  Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. PG 33-36,1955, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AWR 95,1969, .
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8995:LI.644.1-4,1995, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: COLE, C.. 1993-2002. InnerVisions Business Presentations. 155/1296/16A,19A,1996, .

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Grid reference Centred SK 8976 9524 (120m by 104m)
Civil Parish NORTHORPE, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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