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Name:Brackenborough Deserted Medieval Village
HER Number:MLI43572
Type of record:Monument

Summary

The deserted medieval village of Brackenborough.

Grid Reference:TF 331 906
Map Sheet:TF39SW
Parish:BRACKENBOROUGH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

Probably one of the best surviving deserted medieval villages in Linconshire. A typical village site with a series of deeply sunken roads with rectangular platforms on either side. The best part of the site is south-east of the house although there are also less well-defined earthworks to the north. The Ordnance Survey has surveyed the site. The Domesday population was 16. Twenty-eight people paid poll tax in 1377. There was no population in 1565. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}

Deserted medieval village of Brackenborough, depicted as a group of earthwork and cropmark tofts, platforms, boundary ditches, holloway and ridge and furrow by the National Mapping Programme. {7}

Sherds of 12th to 13th century pottery were found on the surface of ploughed land at the edge of the scheduled area (TF 3320 9070). {8}


<1> HBMC, 1970, AM 7, SAM 244 (Scheduling Record). SLI4100.

<2> HBMC, 1986, AM 107, SAM 244 (Scheduling Record). SLI4019.

<3> J.K.S. St Joseph, 1945-79, Cambridge University Collection, F041-44,1951, (Aerial Photograph). SLI175.

<4> BERESFORD, M.W., 1954, The Lost Villages of England, p.362 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI933.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Card Index, TF 39 SW: 9 (Index). SLI2344.

<6> 1945-84, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION, CFI058, 1978 (Aerial Photograph). SLI173.

<7> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF3390: LI.358.1.1-4; LI.358.2.1 (Map). SLI3613.

<8> Lincolnshire County Council, Sites and Monuments Record Card Index, TF 39 SW: D (Index). SLI2881.

Monument Types

  • DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1299 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SHERD (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1299 AD)

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument
  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<1>Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1970. AM 7. SAM 244.
<2>Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1986. AM 107. SAM 244.
<3>Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. F041-44,1951, .
<4>Bibliographic Reference: BERESFORD, M.W.. 1954. The Lost Villages of England. p.362.
<5>Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 39 SW: 9.
<6>Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. CFI058, 1978.
<7>Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF3390: LI.358.1.1-4; LI.358.2.1.
<8>Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 39 SW: D.

Related records

MLI41179Related to: Possible Mill Mound, Brackenborough (Monument)
MLI41178Related to: Rubbish Dump, Brackenborough (Monument)

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