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MONUMENT NO. 353734

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Site of a mound, possibly a motte. Pottery finds date from the Iron Age to the 18th century, with significant Saxon and Saxo-Norman types. The mound has been ploughed down and is no longer visible on the ground.

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[TF 3856 2311] TUMULUS [O.E.] (Site of) (1)

The site was excavated in 1913 but no report made. Pottery in the museum of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, from this excavation, included two sherds classified by Hawks as 1.A. 'A'. These probably came from the old land surface. The rest of the pottery examined by G C Dunning was dated from 11th or 12th century to 18th century AD. The evidence of the pottery and former existence of a mound is suggestive of a motte or castle mound. [See 25" 1931 for survey of the site before destruction.] The mound and a possible outer ditch show as soil marks on A.P's.
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Area under crop. Lincoln and Spalding museums have no record of material from this site. Detail of mound cancelled on A.M. (4)

TF 385232 Medieval and supposed Roman pottery among finds from the 1913 excavations (as described auth 2). Now only a wide raised area marks the site of the medieval manor. This may have incorporated IA pottery but the possibility of a Saxon date cannot be entirely excluded. (5)

H Healey viewed the pottery in 1972: Middle Saxon and Saxo-Norman types included. See also TF 32 SE 18. (6)(7)

TF 385232. Probable motte. (8)

SOURCE TEXT

( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1959

( 2) Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society reports and papers

F H Thompson 6, 1955-6 Page(s)11-12

( 3) Aerial photograph

AP's 106G/UK/1717 6.9.46 3099-3100

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 FC 08-JUL-65

( 5) by P Salway, S J Hallam and J I'Anson Bromwich; edited by C W Phillips 1970 The Fenland in Roman times : studies of a major area of peasant colonization with a gazetteer covering all known sites and finds

Royal Geographical Society Research Series The Fenland in Roman Times RGS Res Ser 5 1970 315 (ed C W Phillips) no.5 Page(s)315

(6) Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society reports and papers

J Marjoram 8 Page(s)41-3

(7) General reference

SMR Files, Lincoln CCM

(8) by David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. Volume I : Anglesey - Montgomery

Page(s)260

MONUMENT TYPES

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IRON AGE FINDSPOT

ROMAN FINDSPOT 43 to 410

EARLY MEDIEVAL CASTLE 450 to 1154

EARLY MEDIEVAL FINDSPOT 450 to 1154

EARLY MEDIEVAL MOTTE 450 to 1154

EARLY MEDIEVAL MOUND 450 to 1154

MEDIEVAL CASTLE 1066 to 1540

MEDIEVAL FINDSPOT 1066 to 1540

MEDIEVAL MOTTE 1066 to 1540

MEDIEVAL MOUND 1066 to 1540

POST MEDIEVAL CASTLE 1540 to 1799

POST MEDIEVAL FINDSPOT 1540 to 1799

POST MEDIEVAL MOTTE 1540 to 1799

POST MEDIEVAL MOUND 1540 to 1799

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