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Description: | Rigbolt House, Beach Bank, Gosberton, an C18th brick building on moated site of Gilbertine cell or grange. The cell or grange was first mentioned c. 1280. It has been suggested that the grange probably arose in the secon half of the c12. Rogbolt was granted to Sempringham in the late C13. The right of holding a fair in manor of Wrightbald conceded in 1293 to Gilbertine Priory of Sempringham, which were said to have useful sources of revenue for the Abbey. In 1535 the list of the granges, lands and tenements belonging to the house included Wrightbald. {1}{2}{3}{4}{9}{10} Rigbolt House is late C18th brick and stone building. No known remains of earlier structure. A double moat survives, the southern leg integrated into modern drainage Published survey (25') revised.{1} THE MONUMENT, WHICH IS LOCATED CLOSE TO A MEDIEVAL FEN BANK ENCLOSING MARINE SILTS WHICH WERE PROBABLY TAKEN IN FROM THE FEN IN THE EARLY C12, INCLUDES A MOATED SITE INCORPORATING TWO ENCLOSURES ON A LINE N-S, AND ADJOINING THIS, TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE NORTHERN ENCLOSURE, THE REMAINS OF PART OF A FIELD SYSTEM OF MEDIEVAL TYPE. IT SURVIVES WELL, BEING UNDISTURBED BY CULTIVATION AND TO A LARGE EXTENT UNENCUMBERED BY LATER BUILDING. ITS PROXIMITY TO NEWHALL MOATED SITE, A GRANGE OF SPALDING PRIORY LESS THAN A KILOMETRE TO THE SOUTH IN THE NEIGHBOURING PARISH OF PINCHBECK, IS OF ADDITIONAL INTEREST FOR COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF THIS CLASS OF SITE AND FOR THE STUDY OF THE MEDIEVAL LANDSCAPE IN THIS PART OF THE FENLAND REGION.RIGBOLT HOUSE, WHICH IS LB II, IS EXCLUDED FROM THE SCHEDULING, AS ARE THE FARM BUILDINGS WHICH OCCUPY PART OF THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SITE, ALL TRACK AND YARD USRFACES, PATHS, AN OIL TANK, LAMP POSTS AND CLOTES LINE POSTS IN THE GROUNDS OF THE HOUSE, THE GARDEN WALL AND FENCE, A LAWN TENNIS COURT TO THE SOUTH OF THE HOUSE, SERVICE POLES, A PUMP HOUSE AND PUMP ADJACENT TO THE NORTHERN ARM OF THE MOAT, AND ALL FIELD BOUNDARY FENCES AND GATES, ALTHOUGH THE GROUND BENEATH ALL THESE FEATURES IS INCLUDED.THERE IS A FULLDESCRIPTION IN THE SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 20816. {8} A WATCHING BRIEF AT RIGBOLT HOUSE IDENTIFIED A LARGE EAST-WEST ALIGNED DITCH BELIEVED TO FORM PART OF THE MOAT OR FIELD SYSTEM COMPLEX THAT SURVIVES AS EARTHWORKS IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST. CLOSE TO THE DITCH WAS A LARGE POST- HOLE. THE FUNCTION OF THE TIMBER UPRIGHT IMPLIED BY THIS POST-HOLE IS INDETERMINATE. HOWEVER, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE POST WAS INTENDED TO ENFORCE THE DEMARCATION PROVIDED BY THE DITCH, PERHAPS BY SERVING AS PART OF A FENCE. THE DITCH WAS BACK-FILLED IN THE POST MEDIEVAL PERIOD. {9}{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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