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Description: | THE MONUMENT INCLUDES A MEDIEVAL MOATED SITE WITH ASSOCIATED GARDEN REMAINS 550M NORTH OF MANOR FARM. THE MOATED SITE IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN THE LOCATION OF BRATOFT HALL, A MEDIEVAL HOUSE BUILT BY THE MARKHAM FAMILY WHO OWNED THE SITE BETWEEN 1409 AND 1538. THE HOUSE SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED THROUGH MARRIAGE TO THE MASSINGBERDS, WHO IN 1698 HAD BRATOFT HALL DEMOLISHED AND MOVED TO A NEW HOUSE AT GUNBY. THE REMAINS INCLUDE THE EARTHWORKS OF A RAISED MOATED PLATFORM WHERE THE BURIED REMAINS OF THE MEDIEVAL HOUSE ARE LOCATED. THE MOAT IS PARTLY WATER- FILLED, UP TO 5M IN WIDTH AND 2M IN DEPTH AND DEFINES A RECTILINEAR AREA APPROX 90M BY A MAX OF 105M. A CAUSEWAY ABOUT 2.5M IN WIDTH CROSSES THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MOAT AND REPRESENTS THE ORIGINAL ACCESS TO THE ISLAND. BRICKWORK VISIBLE WITHIN THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CAUSEWAY IS CONSIDERED TO REPRESENT THE REMAINS OF REVETTING. CHALK BLOCKS WITHIN THE INNER EDGE OF THE MOAT ADJACENT TO THE CAUSEWAY ARE ALSO CONSIDERED TO HAVE FULFILLED A SIMILAR FUNCTION. A PARALLEL SERIES OF BANKS AND DITCHES RUNNING ON AN ENE- WSW AXIS IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE MOAT ARE CONSIDERED TO REPRESENT CONTEMPORARY FORMAL GARDEN REMAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HALL. THE GARDEN REMAINS OVERLIE TRACES OF EARLIER RIDGE AND FURROW CULTIVATION. A LINEAR DEPRESSION UP TO 2M IN WIDTH AND 0.6M IN DEPTH RUNNING FOR 45M ON N NNW-SSW AXIS FROM THE FIELD BOUNDARY INTO THE NW CORNER OF THE MOAT IS CONSIDERED TO REPRESENT THE REMAINS OF A CONTEMPORARY WATER CONTROL FEATURE, ORIGINALLY FEEDING THE SITE FROM THE WEST, BUT LATER TRUNCATED BY PLOUGHING. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}[7}
FINDS INCLUDE 'STAMPED TILE SIMILAR TO STIXWOULD ONES', POST MEDIEVAL GREEN GLAZE AND SIEGBURG STONEWARE . LOCAL SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WARES WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE INNER EDGE OF MOAT. {1}{3} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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