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| Name: | Moated site at Park House |
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| HER Number: | 50289 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Moated site at Park House
| Grid Reference: | SK 835 880 |
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| Map Sheet: | SK88NW |
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| Parish: | GAINSBOROUGH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
PRN 50289
Medieval earthworks including a dry moat. This site was initially interpreted as 'Roman intrenchments' but is now thought to be a medieval manorial site. {1}{2}
The site lies within the medieval deer park. It is presumably a park- keeper's house or lodge with paddocks, orchards or gardens, and to the north east a small circular building surrounded by a ditch which is possibly a dovecote. The earthworks were destroyed between 1963 and 1967, but were depicted on early large scale Ordnance Survey sheets as comprising a large almost square enclosure, with ditched closes on the same alignment appended to its w and s sides. Immediately to the north west lay a further perhaps ditched or moated platform with ancillary features, all on a slightly different alignment from the first, which may indicate a two-phased development. {3}
Traces of these earthworks are visible on aerial photographs. {4}{5}{6}
Monument Types
- DOVECOTE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: Ordnance Survey. Gainsborough O.S. cards. GAINSBOROUGH. SK 88 NW; 7 |
| <2> | Index: Gainsborough SMR cards. GAINSBOROUGH. SK 88 NW; E |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Everson, P.L., Taylor, C.C. and Dunn, C.J.. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. pp 48, 53, 95; fig 40-41 |
| <4> | Aerial Photograph: ST JOSEPH, J.K.S.. 1945-1979. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. PG 48/49/50; PG 52/53 |
| <5> | Aerial Photograph: COLE, C.. 1993-2002. INNER VISIONS. 100/0895/F12A; 155/1296/23A; 195/0797/16A |
| <6> | Map: RCHM. 1992-1996. NATIONAL MAPPING PROGRAMME. LINCOLNSHIRE. SK8388:LI.693.3.1-3,1995, |
Related records
| 50405 | Related to: Medieval deer park to the south of Gainsborough (Monument) |
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