More information : (TF 08584312) Mareham Grange (GT) (Site of) (TF 08604307) Moat (GT). (1) Area TF 08604307 (4) The site of the lost village of Mareham, or Cold Mareham, which gave its name to Mareham Lane, the Roman road from Bourne to Sleaford, is marked by the moat enclosing the foundations of Mareham Grange. The Grange, earlier the property of Sempringham Priory, was held temp.Elizabeth I, by Sir Thomas Horsman, lord of the manor. (2-4) The enclosure has been ploughed for some 20 years, and only remnants of the moat survive. A heavy scatter of rough building stone marks the published site of the grange. Published survey (25") revised. (5) No change. The land within is still ploughed and is slightly undulating with a scatter of debris at the published site. (6)
Additional reference. (7)
TF 086 431. Site of Mareham Grange. Scheduled no. LI/310. (8)
The moated site recorded by Authorities 1-8 was mapped from poor quality air photographs; the moat itself is seen as an earthwork on earlier photography, but the site is now completely levelled and is seen as a cropmark on the latest photography.
The area enclosed by the moat measures 220m by 180m; there is a trackway approach on the west, 80m long, which is still a slight earthwork. Centred at:-TF 0859 4308
The ditches of another enclosure, 200m by 140m, lie inside the moat on a slightly different alignment. This enclosure appears incomplete, but it has sub-divisions, and there is an oblong pit, 10m, at TF 0861 4302. No building remains were visible. The ditches of other similarly aligned and incomplete enclosures were recorded against the outer eastern side of the moat. (Morph No. LI.828.26.1-2, LI.828.27.1, LI.828.28.1)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (9) |