Monument record MLI89839 - Brackleigh Farm, Bardney

Summary

Topsoil stripping in advance of a gas pipeline development revealed a brick-lined well, the footing for a pump and a stone surface. A small pit and several linear features were also located. Cartographic evidence suggests the brick features were associated with the former Brackleigh Farm

Type and Period (7)

  • (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1675 AD? to 1950 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1675 AD? to 1950 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1675 AD? to 1950 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1675 AD? to 1950 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1675 AD? to 1950 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1675 AD? to 1950 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1800 AD? to 1950 AD?)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 55384 An archaeological desk based assessment identified Medieval ridge and furrow crop marks over this area and former buildings of 'Brackleigh Farm' in the adjacent field, as depicted on the Ordnance Survey County Series map of 1905.{1}{2} Geophyiscal survey detected a magnetically disturbed area including some distinct individual features which corresponded to a susceptibility anomaly.{3} Prior to topsoil stripping, five elvaluation trenches were opened. Of these, only two showed any archaeological features: Trench 47 revealed a single pit of post-medieval date, and Trench 46 had two undated linear features. It was considered at that stage that the results did not justify full area excavation. However, during topsoil stripping more extensive remains were uncovered.{4}{5} A pit revealed in the one of the evaluation trenches was only partly excavated as it extended under the northern baulk, but the visible part was 2m long and contained animal bone and two sherds of post-medieval pottery. In the main excavation area was a circular, brick-built and lined well. This was excavated to a depith of 1.2m. Its wall consisted of a single thickness of mortared bricks, with an internal diameter of 1.85m. Nine courses of brick were visible. The presence of rubble of similar masonry within the loose fill of the well suggested that the higher parts of the wall had been purposely pushed into it. A number of post-medieval artefacts were present in the fill. A further brick built well-like feature was recorded 1.5m to the northeast. It had eight courses of brick positioned on a flat brick base. The feature had an internal diameter of 60cm, and the fill contained rocks up to 30cm long, bricks and a variety of other artefacts indicating it had been deliberately backfilled. An irregular spread of brick rubble immediately to the north could have been the remains of a third well-like structure. A layer of blocks and smaller fragments of stone formed a metalled surface 3m to the south of the wells. It was roughly circular with a diameter of approximately 4m. Much of the site was obscured by remnant topsoil from which many finds, including thirty-eight sherds of post-medieval pottery and items of horse furniture were retrieved.{4}{5} The linear features recorded during the evaluation trenching correspond to a former field boundary shown on Ordnance Survey maps. Maps of this date also show the buildings of 'Brackliegh Farm' approximately 50m to the east of the site, and the brick-lined features and the stone surface appear to have belonged to this farm.{4}{5} Site of (Brackleigh Farm), Bardney. Demolished 19th century farmstead. Regular courtyard with linked working buildings to all four sides of the yard. The farmhouse is detached from the main working complex. Isolated location. {6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Report: Network Archaeology Ltd. Dec 1999. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment for the Hatton to Silk Willoughby Gas Pipeline. -.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF17SW.
  •  Report: Bartlett-Clark Consultancy. 2000. Geophysical survey of the Hatton to Silk Willoughby Gas Pipeline. -.
  •  Report: Network Archaeology Ltd. Apr 2003. Archaeological Evaluation, Excavation and Watching Brief on the Hatton to Silk Willoughby Gas Pipeline 2001. HAT00.
  •  Archive: Network Archaeology Ltd. Apr 2003. Archaeological Evaluation, Excavation and Watching Brief on the Hatton to Silk Willoughby Gas Pipeline 2001. LCNCC 2000.102.
  •  Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2015. English Heritage Farmsteads Project. 4517.

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Grid reference Centred TF 13616 72596 (140m by 188m) Approximate
Civil Parish BARDNEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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