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Description: | THE PLOUGHED OUT REMAINS OF HARDWICK DMV, WEST OF GLENTWORTH WAS REPORTED TO THE SMR BY PAUL EVERSON IN 1977. {1} A RESERVOIR WAS EXCAVATED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES IN 1992 BUT A SITE VISIT BY A B PAGE OF CITY AND COUNTY MUSEUM, LINCOLN COULD NOT CONFIRM REPORTS OF SAXON FINDS. {2} SHERDS OF C13 OR C14 POTTERY FROM GLENTWORTH IN LINCOLN MUSEUM. IN 1964 HARPER REPORTED THAT ETHEL RUDKIN HAD C12 TO C15 POTTERY FROM A SMALL AREA CENTRED TO SK93488760. LINCOLN MUSEUM ALSO HAD MEDIEVAL POTTERY FROM THE SAME AREA, PRESENTED BY MR J MORRIS. NOTHING OF INTEREST WAS FOUND DURING FIELDWALKING. {3}{4}~ MEDIEVAL POTTERY (SURFACE FINDS) FOUND IN DECEMBER 1953 BY MR J MORRIS. NOW IN LINCOLN MUSEUM. IN 1976 MR PROUDFOOT FOUND LEAD WEIGHTS, FRAGMENTS OF TWO MEDIEVAL LEAD SEALS, PART OF A BRONZE MEDIEVAL BUCKLE, AND A FRAGMENT OF AN UNDATED BRONZE OBJECT. {5}{6}{7}~ SETTLEMENT REMAINS ARE VAGUELY RECORDED AS SOIL AND CROPMARKS ON APs OUTLINED BY RIDGE AND FURROW, AND FIELDWALKING HAS PRODUCED SPREADS OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND POTTERY PRINCIPALLY OF C12 AND C14 DATE. THIS MAY BE THE POORLY DOCUMENTED SETTLEMENT OF 'THORPE' - VARIOUSLY 'BUNTELTHORP' OR 'GLENTWORTH THORPE'. IT LIES WITHIN THE AREA OF THE WRAY'S DEER PARK, AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE MAY ACCOUNT FOR THE DEPOPULATION ALLEGED AGAINST THE WRAYS. {8}{9}{10}~ | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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