Monument record MLI83063 - Post medieval buildings, Low Road
Summary
Post medieval buildings, Low Road
Type and Period (10)
- AISLED BUILDING (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1900 AD)
- GRANARY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
- POST HOLE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1900 AD)
- WELL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1900 AD)
- GULLY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUILDING (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1900 AD)
- AGRICULTURAL BUILDING (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
- HOUSE ? (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1900 AD)
- METAL WORKING SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 23777
During two phases of trial trenching in 2002, postholes, stakeholes, a gully, pits and a well were recorded. Undated and sixteenth to nineteenth century post- and stakeholes and a gully were thought to represent a structure or structures. The extent of the features (circa 17m by circa 11m) suggests either a tight group of related buildings, like a farm or crew yard, or a single substantial building like a large hall or cross winged house, an aisled barn or a granary, built over the remains of a smaller predecessor. One of the pits had an iron barrel set into it, thought to have been used as a well. {1}{2}{3}
Further excavations were carried out on land at Low Road in the area of the early post medieval structural remains. A rectilinear ditched enclosure similar to that of the conjectured mud and stud building (see 23794) was identified, although it was slightly smaller, and no entrance was identified (although part of the feature lay outside the excavated area). It is suggested that it may have served the same function as the previously identified feature, and may be the base of a mud and stud building, or more likely could be the base of a rick, or an insubstantial agricultural building (such as a 'hovel' or a 'cote'). Further evidence was found of the sixteenth toseventeenth century timber structures previously identified on the site. Patterns of post holes suggested the presence of a sub-rectangular structure with additional buildings or extensions, or perhaps even an L-shaped building with wings extending south and east. By the nineteenth century there was another L-shaped building on the site, perhaps incorporating parts of the earlier structure, again with possible outbuildings. The pottery assemblage suggests that the earlier building was not occupied on a permanent basis, and may have been an agricultural building, and that the later building may have been domestic. {3}{4}
There is also evidence to suggest that there was iron working in the vicinity. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI7928 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2002. Land at Low Road, Spalding. SLR01.
- <2> SLI8170 Report: Archaeological Project Services. Aug 2002. Land at Low Road, Spalding. SLR02.
- <3> SLI8171 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Aug 2002. Land at Low Road, Spalding. LCNCC 2001.453.
- <4> SLI8560 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2003. Archaeological Excavation on Land at Low Road, Spalding. SLR02.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 2583 2301 (135m by 123m) Centre |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SPALDING, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Related Events/Activities (3)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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