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Description: | EARTHWORK SITE IN A FIELD KNOWN AS NER GARS. POSSIBLE MOATED MANOR SITE WITH BOUNDARY WALL AND CORNER TOWERS. ONLY EARTHWORKS ARE NOW VISIBLE, WITH ADJOINING AGRICULTURAL AND DRAINAGE WORKS. {1}{2}~ TWO TENURIAL ELEMENTS APPEAR AND PERSIST IN THE DOCUMENTATION FOR HEAPHAM BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THEY RELATE TO THE TOPOGRAPHICAL DIVISION, NOR IS IT CERTAIN WHEN EITHER WAS MANORIALISED IN A WAY THAT MIGHT HAVE GIVEN RISE TO A MOATED RESIDENCE. AT THE NORTH END OF THE EASTERN SETTLEMENT NUCLEUS LIES A SMALL MOATED SITE. A VERY SLIGHT EXTERNAL BANK ON THE WEST MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY SERVED TO DAM WATER THAT COULD BE LED IN BY A DITCH IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND ALLOWED OUT IN THE CENTRE OF THE WEST SIDE. A POND TO THE NORTH IS SHOWN MORE NEARLY RECTANGULAR ON EARLY LARGE-SCALE OS MAPS, AND PERHAPS FORMED THE NORTH SIDE OF A TRAPEZOIDAL BLOCK OF MANORIAL CLOSES SURROUNDING THE MOAT. THE PROPERTY BLOCK COULD HAVE BEEN LARGER STILL, AND MAY HAVE INCLUDED TWO OTHER CLOSES TO THE NORTH AND EAST, THUS FORMING A SQUARE BLOCK WITHIN THE OLD ENCLOSURES SHOWN ON THE 1776 ENCLOSURE MAP. BOTH THESE CLOSES CONTAIN RIDGE-AND-FURROW. THIS BLOCK, MADE UP OF 'MOAT CLOSE', 'GREAT CLOSE' AND 'NER GARS' IN 1776, HAD A BUILDING STANDING IN ITS SOUTHEAST CORNER. THEN, THE PRE-ENCLOSURE OPEN FIELD TO ITS EAST WAS CALLED 'HALL FIELD'. {3}~, HTM 20M
The scheduling includes a medieval manorial complex immediately north west of Elm Tree Farm. The complex, lying to the north east of the village church, represents one of the two foci of settlement at Heapham. The moated island takes the form of a roughly square platform, measuring 24m across, completely enclosed by a water-filled moat, 8m to 12m. The surface of the island is slightly uneven, being raised in places above the general ground level, with a mound at the north west corner. Stone fragments identified at the northern edge of the island indicate that the remains of structures on the island. {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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