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Description: | PRN 53131
The settlement of Scothern appears as larger than average in the run of medieval documentation and not significantly or permanently affected by decline. There were five tenurial holdings in 1086 which probably resulted in its remarkable street pattern. There are several foci of settlement. One of the manors was granted to Barlings Abbey at the beginning of the 13th century by Robert Bardolf and held until the Dissolution when it included a capital messuage called 'le lordshipp'. This may account for the large block on the north side of High Street at its west end, centred on the present manor house, where pasture fields contain slight and unsurveyed earthworks. The adjacent properties along the north side of High Street may have had a regular planned origin. {1}
A small excavation in 1976 in a front garden revealed a 13th century house floor composed of clay and limestone rubble, with occupation material including pottery, bone and freshwater mussel shells overlying it. Earthworks are visible on aerial photographs and on the ground, including ridge and furrow and tofts and crofts. {2}
During a watching brief, east to west aligned ridge and furrow was recorded at about TF 0348 7717.{6}{7}
During a watching brief an undated ditch or wide shallow gully was identified at TF 0335 7750.{8}{9}
During a watching brief at Back Lane (TF 0370 7738), several undated features were identified. These include a pit, part of an infilled pond, two metalled surfaces, a small stone-filled pit which may have been a soak-away, and a couple of probable tree throws. The pond had been present until at least the mid 20th century when the site was part of a farm. The metalled surfaces may represent an earlier route of Back Lane. The tree throws probably relate to a small orchard present on the site prior to development. It appears that the site was previously used as farmland. {10}{11}
Ridge and furrow was observed in June 2010 in the fields at TF 04000 77262 (53131a), TF 03933 77359 (53131b) and TF 03801 77443 (53131c). {12} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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