Monument record MLI51283 - Scotton Medieval Settlement

Summary

The medieval settlement of Scotton.

Type and Period (5)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

The settlement of Scotton is consistently documented as a larger-than-average settlement from the late 11th century, and shows no signs of marked or permanent decline, though little indeed of growth. The village's complex morphology, stabilised by all but one of the farms having remained within it, might superficially be catagorised as an accretive loop form. Both the high early population and the surer interpretation of similar examples elsewhere make this unlikely. It seems rather to be based upon the abutment of two (or three) principal elements - an east-west axis of Grapple Lane, Eastgate and the Church and old manor site; a north-south axis of westgate, possibly widening into a green at its south end; and the south loop road and second manor site (perhaps part of the north-south element). {1}{2} The earthwork remains of possible medieval croft boundaries were identified on aerial photographs by the National Mapping Programme (PRN51283a - SK 8868 9908). {3} Earthwork remains of further possible medieval crofts, boundaries and a possible pond were also identified on the aerial photographs examined by the National Mapping Programme, to the south of those previously recorded (PRN51283b - SK 8871 9885). {4} The possible medieval croft site, previously identified by the NMP (see Source 4), was further investigated in March 1998, during an earthwork survey of land off Laughton Road, Scotton. The survey identified a pair of raised earthwork platforms at the eastern edge of the site, in the same location as that indicated by the NMP. The survey also recorded the earthwork remains of a broad ditch, located in the north-western end of the site (PRN51283c - SK 8863 9890). This ditch was thought to form part of a former medieval water management system, incorporating a number of former ponds in this area. {5}{6} A subsequent programme of trial trenching was conducted in February 1999, on the site on land to the north of Laughton Road, Scotton. Although medieval finds were recovered during the evaluation, it was revealed that the features previously thought to represent medieval crofts in this area were actually of natural origin, or of later post-medieval date, and no other medieval features were identified. The artefacts were recovered from a subsoil deposit at the south-western end of the site, and included pottery of 14th to 15th century date, and a fragment of a whetstone. {7}{8}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. p.28, fig.16; Archive Notes.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 1588/26-7, 1980.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8899: LI.647.5.2.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8898: LI.647.5.1, 5-7.
  •  Report: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. 1998. Land off Laughton Road, Scotton. CLAU site code: SLR98.
  •  Archive: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. 1998. Land off Laughton Road, Scotton. LCNCC 90.98.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln). 1999. Land North of Laughton Road, Scotton. PCA site code: LSC99.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1999. Land North of Laughton Road, Scotton. LCNCC 22.99.

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Grid reference Centred SK 8899 9902 (581m by 594m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish SCOTTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Jan 18 2023 10:35AM

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