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| Name: | MOATED SITE NEAR HERMIT DAM, LEA |
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| HER Number: | MLI50297 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
MOATED SITE NEAR HERMIT DAM, LEA
| Grid Reference: | SK 839 870 |
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| Map Sheet: | SK88NW |
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| Parish: | LEA, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
A SMALL MOATED SITE LYING 300M WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE MOATED SITE OF HERMIT DAM AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAME NATURAL BASIN. THE SITE HAS NOT APPARENTLY BEEN NOTED BEFORE. THE EARTHWORKS CONSIST OF A SMALL SUB- RECTANGULAR MOUNDED PLATFORM OF UNKNOWN FUNCTION AND DATE, MEASURING 19M BY 13M AND WITH A HEIGHT OF 1.7M-1.25M, WHICH HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY PLOUGHING. ITS PERIMETER IS DELINEATED BY A DITCH, WET IN PLACES, BUT WHICH HAS BEEN ENCROACHED UPON BY THE TRACK TO PRIORY FARM. THIS TRACK IS SHOWN ON AN ESTATE MAP OF 1826, NARROWING AT THIS POINT, AND THUS THE MOAT IS LIKELY TO PRE-DATE IT. THE LARGE RECTANGULAR EMBANKED POND LYING NORTH OF THE TRACK IS ALSO DEPICTED IN 1826. {1}~ JUST VISIBLE ON ST JOSEPH APs OF 1955 AND A PAUL EVERSON AP OF 1979. {2}{3}~, HTM 17M
<1> P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, 1991, Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, pp ix,119;Fig 86; ARCHIVE (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1063.
<2> J.K.S. St Joseph, 1945-79, Cambridge University Collection, PG 54-55,1955, (Aerial Photograph). SLI175.
<3> Paul Everson, 1975-90, RCHM, 2969/10,1979, (Aerial Photograph). SLI196.
<4> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, SK8387:LI.694.4.1-4,1995, (Map). SLI3613.
Monument Types
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Events
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. pp ix,119;Fig 86; ARCHIVE. |
| <2> | Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. PG 54-55,1955, . |
| <3> | Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2969/10,1979, . |
| <4> | Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8387:LI.694.4.1-4,1995, . |
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