Monument record MLI84230 - Settlement Activity, Church Lane, Mablethorpe

Summary

Early medieval and later settlement, Church Lane, Mablethorpe.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 1000 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 1000 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Earthwork remains of medieval settlement in the form of possible tofts have been noted on aerial photographs surrounding the Church of St Mary. {1} Mablethorpe is first documented in the Domesday Book as Maltetorp or Malbertorp. It is thought to have derived from the continental Germanic personal name Malbert and Old Danish 'thorp', and means 'Malbert's secondary settlement'. There were originally two villages of Mablethorpe, St Mary and St Peter. These remains are located close to St Mary's church, and are therefore probably part of Mablethorpe St Mary. {2} During a watching brief at Plot 2, Church Lane, features were identified which probably relate to early medieval and later settlement in the area. The site is located close to the church of St Mary. The features included a field boundary or drainage ditch and three pits. One of the pits had a clay lining, and appeared to have contained water as its primary function. Another of the pits was a refuse pit. The finds from the features included eleventh to eighteenth century pottery, ceramic building material and animal bone. It is suggested that the early medieval phase of activity on the site may have been on the periphery of the settlement, as the evidence from the features suggests an agricultural use of the land. It then appears to have fallen out of use. The evidence from the later features suggests domestic functions and so it is suggested that the land use in this area changed in the later medieval period from agricultural to domestic as the settlement expanded. Subsequently the site again appears to have been abandoned. Reoccupation of the site occurred during the early post medieval period, with further abandonment of the site around the eighteenth century. {3}{4} An archaeological watching brief on land at Plot 1, Church Lane, Mablethorpe identified a medieval, north-east to south-west aligned boundary ditch. The ditch contained pottery and animal bone dating to between the 13th and 15th centuries. Sealing the ditch was a clayey silt subsoil, also containing 12th to 15th century pottery and a medieval whetstone. {5}{6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF4984: LI381.3.1, 1993.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. p.85.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2002. Land at Plot 2, Church Lane, Mablethorpe. MCL202.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2002. Land at Plot 2, Church Lane, Mablethorpe. LCNCC 2002.148.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. August 2002. Archaeological Watching Brief on land at Plot 1, Church Lane, Mablethorpe. MCL102.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. August 2002. Archaeological Watching Brief on land at Plot 1, Church Lane, Mablethorpe. LCNCC 2002.146.

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Grid reference Centred TF 4980 8452 (319m by 359m)
Civil Parish MABLETHORPE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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