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EARTHWORK REMAINS OF THE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE OF NORTHORPE ARE PRESENT IN THIS FIELD. A LINEAR HOLLOW WAY RUNS NORTH-SOUTH THROUGH THE FIELD. TO THE WEST OF IT ARE POSSIBLE HOUSE PLATFORMS ALTHOUGH RECENT ACTIVITY HAS DISTURBED THESE AT THE SOUTHERN END. TO THE EAST OF THE BROAD HOLLOW WAY IS REMNANT RIDGE AND FURROW. {1}
EVALUATION OF LAND ON CHAPEL LANE AT SK89649710 IDENTIFIED A LIMESTONE WALL ABOUT 30 CM IN HEIGHT WITH A DISPROPORTIONATELY SIZED FOUNDATION TRENCH SOME TWO M WIDE. THERE WAS LATE TWELTH TO EARLY THIRTEENTH CENTURY POTTERY IN THIS TRENCH. JUST TO THE WEST OF THE WALL WAS A BACKFILLED POST-HOLE. THERE WAS IN ADDITION A BACKFILLED QUARRY PIT AND THE REMAINS OF A STONE-LINED WELL IN ITS BASE. THE FILL OF THIS WELL CONTAINED TWELFTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURY POTTERY. A DITCH OR GULLY WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED MOSTLY LYING BEYOND THE INVESTIGATED AREA. {2}{3}, HTM 19 M | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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