Monument record MLI51376 - POSSIBLE SITE OF A WATERMILL SOUTH WEST OF KNAITH HALL
Summary
POSSIBLE SITE OF A WATERMILL SOUTH WEST OF KNAITH HALL
Type and Period (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE REMAINS OF THE GARDENS OF KNAITH HALL, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK BOUNDARY BANK, IS A 2M DEEP OUTER DITCH WHICH MAY HAVE LED WATER INTO A DEEP OVAL POND, BOUNDED BY BANKS 0.7M HIGH. ATTACHED TO THE POND ON THE NORTHEAST IS A SMALL RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE DEFINED BY A SHALLOW DITCH AND SLIGHT OUTER BANKS. THESE EARTHWORKS MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ORNAMENTAL WATER FEATURE, ALTHOUGH THEIR LOCATION OUTSIDE THE PARK PALE MAKES THIS DOUBTFUL. A MORE LIKELY INTERPRETATION IS THAT THEY REPRESENT THE SITE OF A WATER-MILL. THEY ARE BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY A MODERN FLOOD BANK. {1}~ IN 1964 SEAMAN REPORTED THAT THE DITCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN ENCLOSURE WAS PARTLY FILLED. {2}~ THE FEATURES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY NMP, AND INTEPRETED THEM AS MEDIEVAL.{3} 1, HTM 5M
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. p117;Fig 85;ARCHIVE NOTES.
- <2> SLI2590 Index: OS CARD INDEX. KNAITH. SK 88 SW:2,1964, SEAMAN B H.
- <3> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8284:LI.673.3-5.1,1995, .
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 8262 8436 (121m by 197m) Centre |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KNAITH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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