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Description: | TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE REMAINS OF THE GARDENS OF KNAITH HALL, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK BOUNDARY BANK, IS A 2M DEEP OUTER DITCH WHICH MAY HAVE LED WATER INTO A DEEP OVAL POND, BOUNDED BY BANKS 0.7M HIGH. ATTACHED TO THE POND ON THE NORTHEAST IS A SMALL RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE DEFINED BY A SHALLOW DITCH AND SLIGHT OUTER BANKS. THESE EARTHWORKS MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ORNAMENTAL WATER FEATURE, ALTHOUGH THEIR LOCATION OUTSIDE THE PARK PALE MAKES THIS DOUBTFUL. A MORE LIKELY INTERPRETATION IS THAT THEY REPRESENT THE SITE OF A WATER-MILL. THEY ARE BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY A MODERN FLOOD BANK. {1}~ IN 1964 SEAMAN REPORTED THAT THE DITCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN ENCLOSURE WAS PARTLY FILLED. {2}~ THE FEATURES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY NMP, AND INTEPRETED THEM AS MEDIEVAL.{3} 1, HTM 5M | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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