Monument record MLI60260 - Thorny Close moated site

Summary

Thorny Close moated site, Northbeck

Type and Period (1)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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PRN 60206 Thorney Close moated site is situated across the road from the manor house in the hamlet of Northbeck. The site can be presumably be identified as manorial. However, its origins and tenurial context are difficult to elucidate, for the moat is one of five that survived into the present century in a vill which is characterised by a bewilderingly complex estate structure in the middle ages. No concrete evidence has come to light to identify the Thorney Close moat. {3} The scheduling includes a moated site at Northbeck, approximately 150m north east of Manor farm. The moated site is one of a group of five that existed in and around the village of Scredington within a 1.25km radius. The land holdings in this area during the Middle Ages were characterised by a complex estate structure. In 1086 two parcels of land were recorded, of these one settlement centre is thought to have been established in Scredington and the other at Northbeck. {7} The earthworks at the site include a rectangular platform or island surrounded by a 10-12m wide moat still holding water. There is a pronounced external bank on the north side of the moated site and a low broad bank to the south. There may once have been a further enclosure on the on the western side of the moat. {5}{7}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Scredington O.S. cards. SCREDINGTON. TF 04 SE; 15.
  •  Index: Scredington SMR cards. SCREDINGTON. TF 04 SE; Y.
  •  Unpublished Document: R.H. Healey and D.R. Roffe. Some Medieval and Later Earthworks in South Lincolnshire. Vol 1, pp 95-97, p136; Vol 2, figs 74, 75.
  •  Article in Serial: Butler, L.A.S.. 1963. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Vol. 26 pp.51-78.
  •  Article in Serial: BOND, C.J.. 1978. MOATED SITES RESEARCH GROUP. Vol 5, p 11.
  •  Unpublished Document: BOND, C.J.. 1979. MOATED SITES RESEARCH GROUP. VOL 6, P 50.
  •  Scheduling Record: English Heritage. 1999. Scheduling document 31602. MPP 33.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF0941; LI.828.25.1.
  •  Article in Serial: Ancliffe, V.. 1980. South Lincolnshire Archaeology. Vol 4, p 25, fig 26.

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Grid reference Centred TF 0962 4121 (119m by 111m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish SCREDINGTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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