Monument record MLI52022 - Middle Rasen Drax Settlement

Summary

Settlement of Middle Rasen Drax.

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  • None recorded

Full Description

The settlement of Middle Rasen Drax appears never to have declined to the extent normal for a village to lose its church. A few earthworks survive along the through road; elsewhere modern housing estates have obliterated everything and obscured even the street system mapped in 1772-4. The settlement has two main elements; what by the late 18th century appears as a formless or irregular group of streets and properties near St Paul's church, and a very regular two-row pattern alongthe east to west running through road in what looks like a planned shift. A north to south running road (Church Street) crossing the stream to provide a link with Middle Rasen Tupholme is an additional element. {1} Earthworks of medieval crofts, tofts and hollow ways were identified in January 2000, during a site visit to land to the west of Mill Lane (PRN 52022a - TF 0896 8895). These were thought to form a 12th century addition to the Middle Rasen Drax settlement. {2}{3} Various features relating to the medieval settlement were recorded in June 2000, during subsequent trial trenching at the Mill Lane site. The features included a north to south aligned ditch, thought to be a property boundary and drainage ditch, post-holes and a pit containing the complete articulated skeleton of a young horse. Fragments of medieval and post-medieval pottery were recovered from many of the features. {4}{5} An assemblage of medieval artefacts was recovered in February 2010, during archaeological monitoring of new development on land adjacent to Corrie Cottage, Gainsborough Road (PRN 52022b - TF 0863 8895). The assemblage was recovered from a buried soil layer, and comprised four sherds of late 13th to early 15th century pottery, twenty sherds of 14th to 15th century pottery, and a fragment of a probable medieval knife. {6}{7} A single sherd of 10 to 12th century pottery was recovered in July 2013, during archaeological monitoring of new development on land off Church Street (PRN 52022c - TF 0877 8928). The sherd was recovered from the upper fill of a large, linear feature, interpreted as a possible former course of the River Rase. {8}{9}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. Archive notes.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2000. Desk Based Assessment of Land West of Mill Lane, Middle Rasen. LAS site code: MMR 00.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2000. Land West of Mill Lane, Middle Rasen. LCNCC 2000.31.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2000. Land off Mill Lane, Middle Lane. LAS site code: MMR00.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2000. Land West of Mill Lane, Middle Rasen. LCNCC 2000.31.
  •  Report: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2010. Land Adjacent to Corrie Cottage, Gainsborough Road, Middle Rasen. AAL site code: MRCC 10.
  •  Archive: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2010. Land Adjacent to Corrie Cottage, Gainsborough Road, Middle Rasen. LCNCC 2010.6.
  •  Report: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2013. Land off Church Street, Middle Rasen. AAL site code: MRCS 13.
  •  Archive: Allen Archaeological Associates. 2013. Land off Church Street, Middle Rasen. LCNCC 2013.81.

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Grid reference Centred TF 0866 8909 (1205m by 777m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish MIDDLE RASEN, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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