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| Name: | MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT OF CAISTOR |
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| HER Number: | 52691 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT OF CAISTOR
| Grid Reference: | TA 118 013 |
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| Map Sheet: | TA10SW |
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| Parish: | CAISTOR, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
CAISTOR WAS NOT ONLY CENTRE OF A ROYAL SOKE IN 1086 BUT ALSO A TRADING CENTRE WHERE TOLLS WERE TAKEN. IN 1251 AN EXISTING MARKET WAS IN THE KING'S HANDS. THIS EARLY IMPORTANCE IS MATCHED TO SOME EXTENT BY ITS ROLE AS A CENTRE OF POPULATION. THE TOWN EVIDENTLY WAS REDUCED IN LATER C14 AND CONTINUED TO RECEIVE RELIEFS IN THE LATE C15. The Market Place was probably the centre of the Medieval town. {1}{7}
An excavation was carried out in 1963 in the garden of the Grimsby Cooperative Society. A possible oven was revealed, which pottery evidence suggested dated to the 12th-14th century. It appears that a ground surface was formed above it in the 15th-16th century. Adjacent to it was an undated structure, possibly wall foundations. {6}
A program of archaeological observation and recording took place during the initial groundworks for a residential development on land situated to the rear of the Red Lion Hotel, High Street, Caistor. The watching brief identified a number of medieval settlement features. These ranged from a group of walls, constructed from limestone blocks and large cobbles that formed the footings for a substantial building of 12th to 15th century date, a large limestone constructed well containing finds from the 15th to 16th century, and a possible metalled trackway constructed overlying an earlier (probably Roman) earthwork (see PRN 54976) {8} {9}
Monument Types
- LYNCHET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- OVEN (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SHERD (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Events
- Red Lion Hotel, High Street, Caistor
- Excavation in Caistor, 1964
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Everson, P.L., Taylor, C.C. and Dunn, C.J.. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: RUSSELL, R.C. AND RUSSELL, E.. 1987. PARLIAMENTARY ENCLOSURE AND NEW LINCOLNSHIRE LANDSCAPES. PP53-7 |
| <3> | Article in monograph: EVERSON, P.L.. 1984. A PROSPECT OF LINCOLNSHIRE. P 40 |
| <4> | Photograph: PARISH FILE. CAISTOR. - |
| <5> | Map: RCHM. 1992-1996. NATIONAL MAPPING PROGRAMME. LINCOLNSHIRE. TA1101-1201:LI.237.6-8.1,1993, |
| <6> | Unpublished document: J. Keith T. Hunter. 1964. Interim Report of Excavation in Caistor, 1964. - |
| <7> | Unpublished document: North Lincolnshire Archaeological Unit. Caistor Archaeological Resource Map. Misc 4 |
| <8> | Intervention Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. June 2004. Archaeological Watching Brief at the Red Lion Hotel, Caistor. RLHC03 |
| <9> | Excavation archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. June 2004. Archaeological Watching Brief at the Red Lion Hotel, Caistor. LCNCC 2004.63 |
Related records
| 52638 | Related to: CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL (Monument) |
| 52690 | Related to: EARLY MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT AT CAISTOR (Monument) |
| 54543 | Related to: Earthwork remnants of probable crofts, North Street (Monument) |
| 52685 | Related to: MEDIEVAL POTTERY (Monument) |
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