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Name: | SITE OF A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE AT GOLTHO |
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HER Number: | MLI50493 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
SITE OF A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE AT GOLTHO
Grid Reference: | TF 116 774 |
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Map Sheet: | TF17NW |
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Parish: | GOLTHO, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
PRN 50493
AFTER AROUND 1080, AND PERHAPS CONNECTED WITH THE SUBINFEUDATION OF THE MANOR, A SMALL MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE WAS ERECTED OVER AN EARLIER MANORIAL ENCLOSURE, WITH THE MOTTE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SUB-RECTANGULAR EARTHWORK AND A GATEHOUSE AND A BRIDGE ON THE EAST SIDE. TWO SUCCESSIVE SINGLE-AISLED HALLS OF CLAY WITH VERTICAL POSTS PROVIDED DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATION. FINALLY AROUND 1150, THE BAILEY BANKS WERE PULLED IN TO CREATE A FLAT-TOPPED MOUND FOR A HALL OR PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, SOON ABANDONED (PRN 51232). {2}{3}
SEE BERESFORD, 1987 FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION. {3}
PAUL EVERSON SUGGESTS THAT THE FINDS AND DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE SUPPORTS A LATER DATING - AT THE EARLIEST IN THE LATE 1130s; WITH A POSSIBLE ENFORCED SLIGHTING OF THE EARTHWORKS IN c1217. FOR A DETAILED DISCUSSION SEE LHA 1988. {7}
<1> OS CARD INDEX, TF 17 NW:12,1964, SEAMAN B H (Index). SLI2512.
<2> P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, 1991, Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, ARCHIVE NOTES (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1063.
<3> BERESFORD, G., 1987, GOLTHO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EARLY MEDIEVAL MANOR c.850-1150, pp5, 10, 14, 85-110, 122 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1069.
<4> J.K.S. St Joseph, 1945-79, Cambridge University Collection, PE 89-94,1955, (Aerial Photograph). SLI175.
<5> John A. East, 1978-80, John East Collection of Aerial Photographs, 1120 (Aerial Photograph). SLI182.
<6> SMR FILE GOLTHO, TF 17 NW:S - (Index). SLI3038.
<7> Paul Everson, 1988, LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, VOL 23 pp.93-99 (Article in Serial). SLI694.
Monument Types
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- CASTLE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- MOTTE AND BAILEY (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
Associated Finds
- ADZE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- ARROWHEAD (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- HORSESHOE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- JAVELIN (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- KNIFE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- MOUNT (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- SHERD (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- SICKLE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- SPUR (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1135 AD to 1154 AD)
Associated Events
- Excavations at Goltho Manor
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
<1> | Index: OS CARD INDEX. GOLTHO. TF 17 NW:12,1964, SEAMAN B H. |
<2> | Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES. |
<3> | Bibliographic Reference: BERESFORD, G.. 1987. GOLTHO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EARLY MEDIEVAL MANOR c.850-1150. pp5, 10, 14, 85-110, 122. |
<4> | Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. PE 89-94,1955, . |
<5> | Aerial Photograph: John A. East. 1978-80. John East Collection of Aerial Photographs. 1120. |
<6> | Index: SMR FILE GOLTHO. GOLTHO. TF 17 NW:S -. |
<7> | Article in Serial: Paul Everson. 1988. LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. VOL 23 pp.93-99. |
Related records
MLI51233 | Related to: PART OF A MIDDLE SAXON SETTLEMENT AT GOLTHO (Monument) |
MLI51232 | Related to: SITE OF A MEDIEVAL MANORIAL HALL AT GOLTHO (Monument) |
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