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A VERY CLEAR SITE INDEED WHICH HAS BEEN PLANNED BY THE LINCOLN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. THE PLAN SHOWS THE MAIN VILLAGE STREET WITH THE RECTANGULAR CROFTS ON EITHER SIDE. AS THE SITE IS IN STONE COUNTRY, EACH INDIVIDUAL HOUSE AND BARN MAY BE PLAINLY SEEN. TRIAL EXCAVATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT ON THESE 4 IN 1954 BY MR THOMPSON. {1}
A SUBSTANTIAL AREA OF EARTHWORKS; THE DMV WAS CREATED BY EMPARKING WHEN THE HALL WAS BUILT. TO THE E WAS A GRANGE OF LOUTH PARK ABBEY. {2}{3}{4}{5}
FOR MORE DETAIL SEE EVERSON, TAYLOR AND DUNN. {6}
AN EVALUATION TRENCH AT SK9820 7575, THE SITE OF PROPOSED STUDENT ACCOMMODATION AT THE COLLEGE, DID NOT REVEAL ANY ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES, THUS SUGGESTING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AREA HAS NEGLIGIBLE OR NON-EXISTENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. {10}, AREA 5H, HTM 34M
The settlement was established before the late 11th century and enlarged in the late 12th century. At Domesday there were five holdings in Riseholme. By 1166 these holdings had been consolidated into one, tenanted by Hugh Bardolf, thought to be responsible for the planned extension of the settlement onto former arable land south of the stream. Remains in this area include a hollow way linking the two parts of the settlement across the stream, and house platforms. The main village street is an east/west hollow way. Encroachment of some buildings onto this street indicates a phase of contraction. The village was first depopulated in the 14th century as a result of the Black Death and continued its decline throughout the 15th and 16th centuries until 1602 when only one house remained standing. The scheduling includes the buried and earthwork remains of the settlement, but excludes the earliest part of the settlement, beleived to lie north of the stream in the area of Riseholme Hall and church. See also PRN 52327.{11} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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