Monument record MLI52906 - Barleymouth Grange
Summary
Barleymouth Grange was a fishery and settlement associated with Stainfield Priory.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
The site of the monastic grange known as Barleymouth lies at Short Ferry in the angle of the confluence of the River Witham and the Barlings Eau or Langworth River. Barleymouth was a grange of Stainfield Priory. Its location gave it access to specialised riverside resources (including fisheries; see PRN 51212) that could be passed to the mother house. Excavations at Short Ferry have recovered evidence of possible grange buildings, of fishing and fish-processing and much medieval pottery, including stamped curfew sherds. Finds also include net sinkers and fish smokers. The site has a mound which is a distinctive feature of the Witham fisheries, as are the 'fishgarths', which are small enclosures for drying nets. Other activities on the site would have included the drying and barreling of fish. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9}
It is suggested that there is a relationship between this grange and the nearby conjectured causeway. This causeway may possibly date as far back as the Bronze Age (see PRN 54780). {10}
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. Archive notes.
- <2> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 07 SE: K1, K2, P, L.
- <3> SLI8 Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 32.75 and LM 70.76.
- <4> SLI757 Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1976. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1975' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.11, p.58.
- <5> SLI758 Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1977. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1976' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.12, pp.73-4.
- <6> SLI771 Article in Serial: A.J. White. 1984. 'Medieval Fisheries in the Witham and its Tributaries' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.19, pp.29-35.
- <7> SLI3793 Photograph: PARISH FILE. FISKERTON. -.
- <8> SLI1250 Correspondence: PARISH FILE. FISKERTON. -.
- <9> SLI522 Article in Serial: 1977. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY. vol.XXI, p.259.
- <10> SLI8111 Article in Monograph: David Stocker and Paul Everson. 2003. ‘The Straight and Narrow Way: Fenland Causeways and the Conversion of the Landscape in the Witham Valley, Lincolnshire’, in The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD300-1300. pp.271-88.
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Location
| Grid reference | TF 096 713 (point) Estimated from sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FISKERTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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