Monument record MLI99338 - Earthworks to the north of Manor Farmhouse, Stow

Summary

Earthworks to the north of Manor Farmhouse that may be remains of medieval occupation or garden features relating to the old hall

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

In the orchard to the north of Manor Farmhouse are the remains of a rectangular platform. It is defined by a north-south scarp or bank, with a pronounced secondary north-south bank along it, possibly a hedge bank, and by a degraded east-west scarp (30m long and 0.3m in height) in the adjacent field. Within this, and lying in sympathy with it, is a small rectangular platform standing 0.4m high although now much smoothed, with sides of approximately 16m and 10m. It is best defined by a broad dip on its east and south sides, that is truncated on the west by the south-east to north-west hedgeline and drainage channel, whose sinuous lines may reflect the platform's form. Beyond the platform to the north-east is a broad low east to west bank traced for 23m which is possibly a headland for ridge-and-furrow, to the north. This group of features are orientated with the plan of the Old Hall and might have formed part of its setting, though their fragmentary extent and degraded state does not allow confidence in this. {1} These earthworks may have been the remains of medieval settlement. The orchard has now (2013) gone and the ground landscaped and so the earthworks do not survive. {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. Archive Notes, Stow 2.
  •  Verbal Communication: Jane Young. 2014. Information from Jane Young. 20/03/2014.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 8806 8199 (60m by 60m)
Civil Parish STOW, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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