Monument record MLI80760 - Post-medieval remains, High Street
Summary
Post-medieval remains, High Street
Type and Period (6)
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PRN 23663
During trial trenching in 1998, post medieval features were recorded. A brick structure, thought to be a cellar, was represented by walls at the rear of the property. A doorway through one of these walls had been blocked-up with bricks before the room began to be infilled, which probably began in the seventeenth to eighteenth century. This action may have been taken to raise the ground surface to counteract the threat of flooding. The room was periodically refloored, indicated by bedding layers which were cut by linear gullies running along one of the standing walls, interpreted as robber trenches to extract joists or other floor supports. Coal dust in an eighteenth to nineteenth century make-up layer suggests that the cellar was used as a coal cellar at that time. An eighteenth century rubbish pit was identified beneath the cellar floor, and a probably post medieval posthole indicates possible structural timberwork.{1}{2}
A north-south aligned brick wall was found during a watching brief in 1999. Butting up to this was a second east-west aligned brick wall constructed with a Flemish bond, commonly used from the 18th c. onwards. To the south-west of the walls was a north-south aligned brick structure. A dry-bonded brick arch was found situated above a void.{3}{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI8166 Report: Archaeological Project Services. Dec 1998. 27-29 High Street, Holbeach. HLH98.
- <2> SLI8167 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Dec 1998. 27-29 High Street, Holbeach. LCNCC 278.98.
- <3> SLI5988 Report: Archaeological Project Services. May 2000. Land at 27/29 High Street, Holbeach. HHS99.
- <4> SLI5989 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. May 2000. Land at 27/29 High Street, Holbeach. LCNCC 278.99.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 359 248 (30m by 30m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOLBEACH, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: 27-29 High Street, Holbeach (ELI3458)
- Event - Intervention: Land at 27/29 High Street, Holbeach (ELI1280)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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