Monument record MLI53311 - MEDIEVAL FIELD SYSTEM
Summary
MEDIEVAL FIELD SYSTEM
Type and Period (4)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PART OF A RIDGE AND FURROW FIELD SYSTEM, WITH FIELD BOUNDARIES. THE CHAPEL SITE LIES IN THE EASTERN PART. THE ENCLOSURE SURROUNDING THE BUILDING WAS CLEARLY LAID OUT ON LAND PREVIOUSLY UNDER CULTIVATION AND SO TRUNCATED FIVE OF THE RIDGES WHICH WERE THERE AFTER PLOUGHED TO A SHORTER LENGTH. ONE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CUT AWAY BY WHAY MAY BE A HOLLOW WAY FROM EAST TORRINGTON. {1}
The area is now under arable cultivation and there are no surviving earthworks. The strips are still visible as soilmarks in the block around the chapel. {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. P 126, FIG 93.
- <2> SLI196 Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 5159-12,14.
- <3> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF1583:LI.4.4-5.1,1993, .
- <4> SLI11533 Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. As seen 23/02/2011.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 1584 8414 (528m by 652m) |
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Civil Parish | LEGSBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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