Monument record MLI97313 - The Manwar Ings

Summary

Remains of a motte and bailey castle.

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Locally known as the Danish encampment. A circular earthwork 56m in diameter and surrounded by a double fosse with an eastern extension on a lower level almost a parallelogram in length from the outer fosse and 46m in width. In a good state of preservation, being covered with grass. {1} A circular enclosure surrounded by a double ditch. The interior is fairly level and free of weeds, but the ditches are overgrown with weeds, bushes and trees, including a number of fallen ones. The depth of the ditch varies from about 2.5m. There is a gap in the inner enclosure on the eastern side of 3.5m width, which continues and widens through the outer defences to the field beyond. A survey of the site was carried out in 1978 by a member of the South Lincolnshire Archaeological Unit.{2} As described plus an air raid shelter, 2m by 5m in south-west part of the motte. {3} Possibly residence of Turkil, the Dane during the reign of Canute 1016-10(?) who apportioned the Fens to the towns who held land abutting on to the Fens. {4}{5} See Healey and Roffe for detailed description and history. {6} Scheduling revised 02/12/1998 - see revised scheduling document 22744. Area 2 hectares, length 104m, width 46m, diameter 56m, height 3m. {7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Scheduling Record: MINISTRY OF WORKS. MOW 819.
  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1979. AM 12.
  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1987. AM 107. SAM 41.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Wheeler, W. H.. 1896. A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire. p.19.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Pishey Thompson. 1856. The Histories and Antiquities of Boston. p.22.
  •  Unpublished Document: R.H. Healey and D.R. Roffe. Some Medieval and Later Earthworks in South Lincolnshire.
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1998. REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 22744. MPP22.

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Grid reference Centred TF 2432 4097 (116m by 143m) Surveyed
Civil Parish SWINESHEAD, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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