Monument record MLI53011 - Shrunken Medieval Settlement of Barlings
Summary
Earthwork remains of the shrunken medieval settlement of Barlings.
Type and Period (2)
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
These settlement remains were formerly part of the village of Barlings. Though comprising three manors in 1086, Barlings is not documented in taxation and other returns through the medieval period. When it later appears in diocesian and national surveys it is subsumed by the settlement of Langworth, which was clearly the larger place by then. Indeed it may be that the combined impact of Barlings Abbey's interests in the parish and the development of Langworth together caused the early decline of Barlings. Earthworks were visible on early aerial photographs, south and east of the church, though these fields have since been converted to arable. {1}{2}{3}
A short, ditch-like anomaly was identified during a magnetometry survey, undertaken in November 2013, to inform the proposed construction of a solar farm on land at Barlings. The possible ditch was located at the western edge of the survey area. It was approximately 15m in length and was aligned on a north-east to south-west axis. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <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> SLI2895 Index: SMR FILE. BARLINGS. TF 07 SE:T,1976, AJW.
- <3> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF0774:LI.535.1.1-3,1994, .
- <4> SLI14652 Report: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2013. Land at Barlings. -.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 0764 7487 (303m by 264m) Estimated from sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BARLINGS, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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