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EARTHWORKS OF SHRUNKEN MEDIEVAL VILLAGE REMAINS SEEN ON APs OF c1955 AND ON PAUL EVERSON APS. {2}{4}{5}{6}~ IN 1972 TWO PASTURE FIELDS NORTH OF SEGGIMORE BECK WERE PLOUGHED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS DESTROYED SIGNS OF A SHRUNKEN MEDIEVAL VILLAGE. THE LARGE FIELD NEXT TO WASHDYKE? LANE WAS BISECTED NORTH-SOUTH BY A DEEP TRACK AND FOUR POSSIBLE TOFTS WERE NOTED ON EACH SIDE. NO POT WAS FOUND, THOUGH PAD STONES WERE NOTED AND SIGNS OF LIMESTONE FOUNDATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE LARGE FIELD. {3}~ SETTLEMENT REMAINS EXIST AS EARTHWORKS IN SEVERAL CLOSES WITHIN AND ON THE FRINGE OF THE PRESENT SETTLEMENT. FORMERLY MORE EXTENSIVE; EARTHWORKS IN TWO PASTURE FIELDS NORTH OF SEGGIMORE BECK WERE DESTROYED IN 1972, WHILST OTHERS ALONG THE EAST OF THE VILLAGE WENT INTO ARABLE WITHOUT NOTE. IN FORM THE VILLAGE APPEARS TO BE DIVIDED INTO TWO, NORTH AND SOUTH, BY THE SEGGIMORE BECK, IN WHAT MAY BE AN ANCIENT TENURIAL DISTINCTION. THE SOUTH PART INCLUDES TWO FIELDS OF SURVIVING EARTHWORKS - THOSE DUE NORTH OF THE CHURCH APPARENTLY FORMING PART OF A MANORIAL COMPLEX; AND TO ITS SOUTHWEST A GREEN (NOW IN- FILLED) WHOSE ANTIQUITY IS ATTESTED BY PERSONAL NAMES IN EARLY C14 DOCUMENTS. TWO PRINCIPAL PERIODS OF DECLINE STAND OUT IN THE DOCUMENTATION, BETWEEN 1332-1377 - A SET-BACK ONLY GRADUALLY RECOVERED FROM, AND AGAIN IN THE LATE C17. NEW PROPERTIES CREATED BY THE RECOVERY MAY HAVE CONCENTRATED ON THE THROUGH EAST-WEST ROAD AND CAUSED SOME REORIENTATION OF THE VILLAGE. {1}~, HTM 12M
During trial trenching in 1998, centred on SK9997 9103, several drainage or boundary ditches dating from the eleventh to the thirteenth century were recorded. These features were thought to be part of an agricultural landscape. The early to mid-thirteenth century pottery was highly decorated, indicating some prosperity.{11}{2} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1000 - 1270 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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