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| Name: | SITE OF A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE AT GOLTHO |
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| HER Number: | 50493 |
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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}
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 (1) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Large quantity) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- ARROWHEAD (Medium quantity) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- BROOCH (1) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- BUCKLE (Small quantity) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- HORSESHOE (Medium quantity) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- JAVELIN (4) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Small quantity) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- KNIFE (Medium quantity) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- MOUNT (1) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- SHERD (Large quantity) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- SICKLE (1) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (1) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- SPUR (Small quantity) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medium quantity) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
- COIN (2) (Medieval - 1135 AD to 1154 AD)
Associated Events
- Excavations at Goltho Manor
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: OS CARD INDEX. GOLTHO. TF 17 NW:12,1964, SEAMAN B H |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Everson, P.L., Taylor, C.C. and Dunn, C.J.. 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: ST JOSEPH, J.K.S.. 1945-1979. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. PE 89-94,1955, |
| <5> | Aerial Photograph: EAST, J.A.. 1978-80. JOHN EAST COLLECTION. 1120 |
| <6> | Index: SMR FILE. GOLTHO. TF 17 NW:S - |
| <7> | Article in serial: EVERSON, P.L.. 1988. LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. VOL 23 pp.93-99 |
Related records
| 51233 | Related to: PART OF A MIDDLE SAXON SETTLEMENT AT GOLTHO (Monument) |
| 51232 | Related to: SITE OF A MEDIEVAL MANORIAL HALL AT GOLTHO (Monument) |
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