Monument record MLI80549 - Settlement of Sibsey
Summary
There is documentary evidence of the settlement of Sibsey in the Domesday Book, and the settlement still exists today.
Type and Period (11)
- SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KILN (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1300 AD to 1900 AD)
- POND (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)
- GULLY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1470 AD to 1699 AD)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1699 AD)
- PIT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)
- RUBBISH PIT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
The settlement of Sibsey is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Ivo Tallboys. A church is also recorded. {1}
'Sibsey' probably means 'Sigebald's island of land' from the Old English. {2}
A geophysical survey was carried out on land east of Main Road. Some of the anomalies identified have been interpreted as medieval and post-medieval occupation along a north-south road somewhere to the west. Ridge and furrow remains were also identified. A large positive anomaly seems to represent the remains of a kiln or a structure which was burnt down. Late medieval and post-medieval pottery was recovered during a site visit. {3}
During trial trenching and a watching brief, linear features were recorded, mainly on a north-north-west to south-south-east alignment. This alignment reflects the alignment of the A16, and NOT that of Old Main Road, suggesting that Old Main Road is of relatively recent origin. Features revealed by the excavations included a pond, boundary ditches and rubbish pits dating to the medieval and post medieval periods. Evidence suggests that some of these features were levelled with rubbish deposits in the 17th/18th centuries. The postulated kiln structure tentatively identified by geophysical survey turned out to be a pond filled with post medieval dump deposits. {4}{5}
During a watching brief at Sibsey Free School (TF 3525 5098), two pottery sherds of 13th-14th century date were recovered. {6}{7}
Further traces of the ridge and furrow were identified to the south of Sibsey in August 2012, during lidar assessment of the proposed route of a new water pipeline between Miningsby and Boston. The remains were identified as a series of parallel linear earthworks, aligned on a roughly east to west axis. {8}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI5431 Bibliographic Reference: Morris, J. (ed.). 1986. Domesday Book for Lincolnshire. 14,77.
- <2> SLI5432 Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. p.109.
- <3> SLI5589 Report: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 1999. Fluxgate gradiometer survey of land east of Old Main Road, Sibsey. -.
- <4> SLI6508 Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. Feb 2001. Evaluation and watching brief at Old Main Road, Sibsey. OMS00.
- <5> SLI6509 Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. Feb 2001. Evaluation and watching brief at Old Main Road, Sibsey. LCNCC 2000.26.
- <6> SLI7462 Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2002. Sibsey Free School, Sibsey.. SFS01.
- <7> SLI7463 Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2002. Sibsey Free School, Sibsey.. LCNCC:2001.447.
- <8> SLI15219 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2012. Miningsby-Boston Lidar Assessment. Map 6.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 3530 5097 (829m by 1257m) Estimated from sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SIBSEY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation-Old Main Road, Sibsey (ELI1742)
- Event - Survey: Geophysics at Main Road, Sibsey (ELI907)
- Event - Intervention: Sibsey Free School (ELI2799)
- Event - Survey: Site visit to Main Road, Sibsey (ELI906)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief-Old Main Road (ELI1745)
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Record last edited
May 25 2021 10:43AM
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