More information : [TF 061951]. DMV. (1)
This area is now under plough, but (unsurveyable) disturbance
indicative of desertion is still apparent. Probably not a village
in it's own right but a deserted part of Owersby. (2)
Centred at TF 060955 are the remains of a small deserted village
situated some 10.0m. above sea level in a very low lying situation
and now - after a particularly wet autumn - partly under flood;
the remains occupy circa 6 acres and consist of roads, minor ways
and fields. Only one building site is now evident but others may
come to light in a drier season. At TF 05959550, at the highest
point of the complex, are the remains of a small moated work,
the moat has a max. depth of 0.7m.; there is much disturbance on
the enclosed island but no building foundations could be seen. Rig
and furrow is very evident both within and adjacent to the village;
modern farming and beast tread have caused a certain amount of
mutilation and the whole is now under rough pasture. Surveyed on
field document at 1/2500. The name of the former village was not
determined. (3)
Romano-British finds of pottery and possible foundations at
TF 061953; pottery and foundations of several dwellings at
TF 060950. (4)
A field survey and air photograph interpretation and transcription of
earthwork remains near Tattershall Farm (TF 0593 9552), Owersby,
indicate they form part of an extensive Medieval and Post-Medieval
linear settlement, extending N-S over approximately 3.5kms.
Documentary research, suggests that at least nine separate nuclei
existed, forming a polyfocal layout. To the north of Tattershall
Farm, three nuclei have been identified, as the village of Thornton
le Moor and hamlets of Cauthorpe and Beasthorpe, described in
separate records (TF 09 NW 15, TF 09 NE 16 & 22). To the south, other
remains represent more of the settlement nuclei, recorded in
TF 09 SE 40.
The section of linear settlement recorded here extends for 870m
from TF 0584 9567 to TF 0622 9488. The main elements are a series of
E-W hollow ways at TF 0595 9564, TF 0598 9550 and TF 0600 9537.
Flanking the hollow ways are groups of conjoined, ditched enclosures,
on average 30m wide, interpreted as crofts. The field survey of the
earthworks (5a) identified building platforms and structures, within
the enclosures, but these were not clearly visible on air
photographs. Ridge and furrow surrounds and separates some of the
nuclei and in places the settlement overlies ridge and furrow, as
seen at TF 0601 9543. Randomly scattered throughout the settlement
are several ponds. These earthworks have been mostly levelled.
(Morph No. LI.504.4.1-4)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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