Monument record MLI70137 - Monks Abbey, Lincoln

Summary

Monks Abbey, Lincoln.

Type and Period (6)

  • (Medieval - 1110 AD? to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1110 AD? to 1539 AD)
  • (Undated)
  • (Medieval - 1110 AD? to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1110 AD? to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

A monastic cell of St Mary's of York. It has Early English walls with Perpendicular windows inserted. {1}{2}{3} The remains of a chancel and one wall of the nave are standing to a considerable height. The respond of what appears to be the south transept (dating from around 1200) is also extant. Otherwise the remains are mostly 14th or 15th century. Some indeterminate foundations exist to the north-east of the chancel. {4}{5}{6}{7} A watching brief recorded no new deposits or features. {8} A watching brief recorded an east/west wall to the north-east of the supposed site of the Priory church. The wall is thought to be a stone dam-lining wall to contain water in a pool or pond to the north. The wall appeared to extend westwards along the north side of the church, suggesting that the pool extended westwards or that the wall also served as a property boundary. To the east, the wall intersects with the masonry in the line of the boundary ditch, and the masonry may be part of a lining round a fish- or millpond. Alternatively, the wall may be part of a post-Dissolution modification to a medieval water management system to create garden features. A possible 12th-13th century piece of tile found in dump deposits indicates demolition of an early, possibly original, building. {9}{10} It is suggested that there is a relationship between Monks Abbey and the nearby conjectured causeway (see PRN 70287), possibly dating as far back as the Bronze Age. {11} A watching during groundworks at the ball court, Monks Abbey, revealed limestone wall foundations thought to be part of the priory of St Mary Magdalene below an extensive spread of demolition material which probably derived from dismantling of the priory buildings. The site has been disturbed by various 20th century service trenches and investigatory holes. {12}{13} Another watching brief during works around the bowling green revealed a thick medieval demolition layer thought to be associated with the dismantling of the priory. This layer included remains of peg tile, mortar and large pieces of worked and unworked stone. No evidence of in situ medieval features was encountered. {14}{15} During monitoring and recording during the erection of fencing around the remains of Monks Abbey in December 2009, further evidence of the north chancel wall and east and west continuations of the foundations of the nave wall were revealed. {16}{17} Grade II listed ruins of the chancel of Monks Abbey, a cell of St Mary's Abbey, York, which is now a roofless ruin. It dates from the 13th century, was altered in the late 14th century and repaired and consolidated in 1985 and 1990. It was constructed of coursed rubble and dressed stone, with ashlar dressings. For the full description of this listed building please refer to the National Heritage List for England. {18}

Sources/Archives (18)

  •  Scheduling Record: MINISTRY OF WORKS. MOW 819. -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: HISTORIES OF LINCOLN. -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Murray, John. 1903. Handbook for Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p.65.
  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1988. AM 107. SAM 24.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). pp.501-2.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. pp.129-30.
  •  Article in Serial: A.B. Page (ed.). 1984. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1983' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.19, pp.103-5.
  •  Report: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. July 1993. Monk's Abbey, Monks Road, Lincoln - report on landscaping works. MAA93.
  •  Report: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. June 2000. Monks Abbey, Monks Road, Lincoln-Play Area refurbishment scheme. MAB00.
  •  Archive: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. August 2000. Monks Abbey, Monks Road, Lincoln-Play Area refurbishment scheme. LCNCC 2000.56.
  •  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.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2006. Ball Court, Monks Abbey, Lincoln - Archaeological Watching Brief. LIMR05.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2006. Ball Court, Monks Abbey, Lincoln - Archaeological Watching Brief. LCNCC 2005.249.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2007. Monks Abbey Park, Monks Road, Lincoln: Archaeological Watching Brief. LMAP07.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2007. Monks Abbey Park, Monks Road, Lincoln: Archaeological Watching Brief. LCNCC 2007.104.
  •  Report: Mike Jarvis Archaeological Services. 2009. Archaeological Recording at Monks Abbey, Lincoln. LIMRA09.
  •  Archive: Mike Jarvis Archaeological Services. 2009. Archaeological Recording at Monks Abbey, Lincoln. LCNCC: 2009.197.
  •  Index: Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Dec 1999. Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 1941-1/2/271.

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Grid reference Centred SK 9889 7134 (130m by 137m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish ABBEY, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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