More information : Brackenborough; name TF 336910, a deserted village and church. Twenty eight inhabitants in 1377. (1-2)
[Area: TF 33209048] Traces of earthworks show on air photographs SE of Brackenborough Hall. (3)
Village earthworks at TF 333905 surveyed at 1:2500. (4)
TF 330 907 and TF 333 904. Deserted village of Brackenborough.
Scheduled no. LI/244. (5)
The Medieval settlement, referred to by the previous authorities,
was seen as a mix of cropmarks and earthworks, and mapped from
good quality air photographs. An extensive system of tofts and
crofts, covering an area 550m by 200m, is visible to the east
and south east of Brackenborough Hall. Hollow ways, which cross
at TF 3320 9049, divide up this area, and a platform is visible,
in one of the tofts, centred at TF 3324 9046. A boundary ditch,
possibly late in the development of the settlement for it may
foreshorten the crofts on the east side, extends around the edge
of the tofts and crofts, forming a large enclosure. The possible
tofts and crofts to the east of the hall are smaller and narrower
than those to the south west. Another area of possible tofts
and crofts is visible to the north of the hall, centred at
TF 3298 9079. Hollow ways run along the southern edge of these
properties. Another hollow way extends, along the west of these
tofts and crofts northwards, for 650m, and links the settlement
at Brackenborough to that at Little Grimsby (see TF 39 SW 15).
Some ridge and furrow still survives as earthworks, on the latest
available air photographs, around the settlement, centred at
TF 3339 9007, TF 3311 9037, TF 3288 9079, and TF 3278 9058. A
moat (see TF 39 SW 2) and possible Post Medieval garden remains
(see TF 39 SW 25) are visible in the vicinity of the settlement.
(Morph No. LI.358.1.1-4, 2.1, 3.1)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (6) |