Monument record MLI52535 - EARLY MEDIEVAL/MEDIEVAL POTTERY KILNS, TORKSEY
Summary
EARLY MEDIEVAL/MEDIEVAL POTTERY KILNS, TORKSEY
Type and Period (2)
- POTTERY KILN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 52535
MUCH TORKSEY WARE AND KILN FURNITURE WAS FOUND AT THIS LOCATION IN 1965, ON THE SITE OF A BUILDING DEVEOLPMENT. {1}{2}
EXCAVATIONS IN 1967 REVEALED KILNS 4 AND 5. KILN 3 WAS LOST, BUT THE SPOIL HEAP PRODUCED POTTERY (MOST OR ALL ROULETTED). TWO MORE KILNS WERE ALSO DISCOVERED, BRINGING THE TOTAL IN THE AREA UP TO 7. THEY REPRESENTED PART OF THE POTTERY INDUSTRY IN TORKSEY OF C9-C12. A HEARTH AND POST HOLES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE AREA. ALSO EXCAVATIONS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE VILLAGE PRODUCED EVIDENCE OF A DITCH, RECUT SEVERAL TIMES, CONTAINING LATE MEDIEVAL POTTERY. IT SEEMS THAT THERE WAS A RURAL TYPE OF BANK AND DITCH BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND THE COMMON. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
EVIDENCE FOR THE SAXO-NORMAN KILN INDUSTRY IN THIS AREA WAS REVEALED DURING AN EVALUATION TO THE REAR OF THE OLD POST OFFICE (SEE 52561). MEDIEVAL DITCHES WERE ALSO RECORDED. ONE OF THESE IS A RECUT OF ONE OF THE SAXON DITCHES. THERE IS A COMPLETE LACK OF MATERIAL DATING FROM THE C12-C16. THIS MAY SUGGEST THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A DECLINE IN POTTERY PRODUCTION AND PROSPERITY EARLIER THAN HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN THOUGHT. IT COULD ALSO MEAN THAT THIS AREA WAS NOT OCCUPIED DURING THIS PERIOD, AND MAY HAVE BEEN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. THERE WERE PLOUGH FURROWS TO THE EAST OF THE SITE SUGGESTING A NARROW RIBBON OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG MAIN STREET. {6}{7}
A tenant living at the corner of Sand Lane and the A1133 attended the Marton heritage roadshow. He reported that on his lawn there was a distinct sub-circular parch mark 9 feet by 6 feet, the mark itself being about 1 foot in width. A fragment of another curving mark was nearby. Excavation near these marks had yielded large quantities of medieval pot, some of it classic thumb print Torksey ware. {8}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI3342 Index: Torksey SMR File. TORKSEY. SK 87 NW:S,N,W -.
- <2> SLI776 Article in Serial: J.B. Whitwell (ed.). 1966. 'Archaeological Notes, 1964 and 1965' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 2 P 52.
- <3> SLI773 Article in Serial: J.B. Whitwell and Catherine M. Wilson. 1968. 'Archaeological notes for 1967' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 3 P 31.
- <4> SLI773 Article in Serial: J.B. Whitwell and Catherine M. Wilson. 1968. 'Archaeological notes for 1967' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 4 P 110.
- <5> SLI226 Article in Serial: BARLEY, M.W. ET AL. 1981. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL. VOL 61 P266-291.
- <6> SLI1910 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1997. Land to the Rear of the Old Post Office, Main Street, Torksey: Archaeological Evaluation. TPO97.
- <7> SLI1632 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1997. Land to the Rear of the Old Post Office, Main Street, Torksey: Archaeological Evaluation. LCNCC 106.97.
- <8> SLI5510 Correspondence: Start, D.. 1998. Marton heritage roadshow. -.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 8375 7865 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TORKSEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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