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Description: | PRN 53780
The settlement of Keelby was large in the 11th century and, like Ingham, lay in no less than 7 holdings, 6 of them small manors. Already in early 14th century it had been reduced to a fraction of its earlier size, and, although the impact of the Black Death was small, only 36 paid poll tax in 1377. It recovered to at least its early size, though, by the 16th century. Only the plots of north end, forming a sort of closing row to the north to south aligned southern road with abandoned but apparently quite regular early properties the length of its east side, together have a planned appearance. The remainder of the settlement, including earthworks on the fringes recorded on early aerial photographs, forms no coherent plan, but is characterised by a network of curving and looping streets and lanes such as might have surrounded individual nuclei. {1}
Trial trenching at TA 1665 1025 revealed no sub-surface archaeology, indicating that the area has been in pasture for considerable time. Earthworks were still extant in this area at the time of the evaluation. {4}{5}
A small quantity of residual medieval pottery was found in tree throws and root disturbances during a watching brief at TA 16540 10281. The limited and clearly residual assemblage, and the lack of associated archaeological features, suggest that this area has been used for agriculture rather than settlement. The earthwork in this area was found to have been formed by topsoil banking against a natural ground slope. {6}{7} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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