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Name:EARLY MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT REMAINS TORKSEY
HER Number:MLI52545
Type of record:Monument

Summary

EARLY MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT REMAINS TORKSEY

Grid Reference:SK 836 787
Map Sheet:SK87NW
Parish:TORKSEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

PRN 52545
The settlement must have had urban standing by the late 10th century since a mint existed then, and the pottery industry was thriving.{1}

Trial trenching at SK837 786 recorded various structural features. Two gullies, aligned east-south-east/west-north-west and associated with postholes, may be beam slots. A ditch on the same alignment as the gullies contained a kiln waster. It is uncertain whether these features are settlement features or related to the Torksey pottery industry - see PRN 52263.{3}{4}


<1> 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.

<2> M.W. Barley, 1964, 'The Medieval Borough of Torksey: Excavations 1960-2' in The Antiquaries Journal, VOL 44 pp.184-187 (Article in Serial). SLI225.

<3> Pre-Construct Archaeology, Aug 2001, Castle Farm, Main Street, Torksey, FCFT01 (Report). SLI7122.

<4> Pre-Construct Archaeology, Aug 2001, Castle Farm, Main Street, Torksey, LCNCC 2001.172 (Archive). SLI7123.

Monument Types

  • BEAM SLOT (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1070 AD)
  • DITCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1070 AD)
  • GULLY (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1070 AD)
  • MINT (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 850 AD to 1065 AD)
  • PIT (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1070 AD)
  • POST HOLE (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1070 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 850 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SHERD (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1070 AD)
  • WASTER (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1070 AD)

Associated Events

  • Castle Farm, Main Street, Torksey
  • Excavations at Torksey 1960-62
  • Resistivity survey at Fosse Dyke Field, Torksey
  • Field walking south of Torksey

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. ARCHIVE NOTES.
<2>Article in Serial: M.W. Barley. 1964. 'The Medieval Borough of Torksey: Excavations 1960-2' in The Antiquaries Journal. VOL 44 pp.184-187.
<3>Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. Aug 2001. Castle Farm, Main Street, Torksey. FCFT01.
<4>Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. Aug 2001. Castle Farm, Main Street, Torksey. LCNCC 2001.172.

Related records

MLI52531Related to: ANGLO-SAXON POTTERY (Monument)
MLI54207Related to: Torksey Medieval Town (Monument)

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