Monument record MLI81000 - Belchford Settlement

Summary

Medieval settlement at Belchford.

Type and Period (4)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded
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Full Description

Medieval settlement remains have been recorded as surviving as earthworks, in and around the present village of Belchford. {1} A sherd of wheelthrown Saxon shell-tempered ware and eleven sherds of post-medieval to early modern pottery were found during a watching brief at Main Road (PRN 43884a - TF 2929 7539). {2}{3} Three trial trenches were excavated in advance of proposed development of land adjacent to Narrow Lane, Belchford. Evidence of medieval occupation of the site was recorded in the form of a number of pits, a gully and a robbed wall trench. A range of medieval pottery types was recovered though the majority appeared to date to the 13th and 14th centuries (PRN 43884b - TF 2964 7529). {4}{5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF2975:LI.61.4.1-11.
  •  Report: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. Oct 2000. Watching brief on development at Main Road, Belchford. BFM00.
  •  Archive: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. Oct 2000. Watching brief on development at Main Road, Belchford. LCNCC 2000.104.
  •  Report: PRO Archaeology Services. 2013. Land Adjacent to Narrow Lane, Belchford. PROAS site code: BFNL13.
  •  Archive: PRO Archaeology Services. 2013. Land Adjacent to Narrow Lane, Belchford. LCNCC 2013.16.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 2953 7550 (771m by 859m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish BELCHFORD, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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