Monument record MLI84827 - Medieval trackway/boundary ditch, Kirkstead

Summary

Possible Medieval trackway and boundary ditch, Kirkstead.

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Medieval cropmark trackway as identified by the National Mapping Programme. {1} The area southwest of Kirkstead Hall, previously shown as an earthwork (National Mapping Programme), has been levelled through arable cultivation. {2} The northeastern end of the trackway was identified during a geophysical survey of the surrounding area in September 2016. Subsequent trial trenching in December 2016 found no evidence of the trackway, but did record a 9.6m wide boundary ditch on the same alignment. Pottery of 16th-17th century date was recovered from the lower fills of the ditch, while 18th-19th century pot was recovered from the upper fills, indicating that it was in use for a significant length of time before being backfilled in the later post-Medieval period. {3}{4}{5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. Lincolnshire National Mapping Programme. TF1961; LI.468.5.1.
  •  Website: Google. 2001->. Google Earth, Maps and Street View. -.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2016. Archaeological Geophysical Survey: Land off Tattershall Road, Woodhall Spa. -.
  •  Report: PCAS Archaeology Ltd. 2017. Land to the south of Woodhall Spa, Tattershall Road: Archaeological Evaluation Report. PAL Site Code: SWSE 16.
  •  Archive: PCAS Archaeology Ltd. 2017. Land to the south of Woodhall Spa, Tattershall Road: Archaeological Evaluation Report. LCNCC: 2017.6.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 1922 6208 (313m by 436m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish KIRKSTEAD, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish WOODHALL SPA, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2026 12:41PM

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