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Summary

Thorny Close moated site, Northbeck

Full description

PRN 60206
Thorney Close moated site is situated across the road from the manor house in the hamlet of Northbeck. The site can be presumably be identified as manorial. However, its origins and tenurial context are difficult to elucidate, for the moat is one of five that survived into the present century in a vill which is characterised by a bewilderingly complex estate structure in the middle ages. No concrete evidence has come to light to identify the Thorney Close moat. {3}
The scheduling includes a moated site at Northbeck, approximately 150m north east of Manor farm. The moated site is one of a group of five that existed in and around the village of Scredington within a 1.25km radius. The land holdings in this area during the Middle Ages were characterised by a complex estate structure. In 1086 two parcels of land were recorded, of these one settlement centre is thought to have been established in Scredington and the other at Northbeck. {7}
The earthworks at the site include a rectangular platform or island surrounded by a 10-12m wide moat still holding water. There is a pronounced external bank on the north side of the moated site and a low broad bank to the south. There may once have been a further enclosure on the on the western side of the moat. {5}{7}

<1> Ordnance Survey, Scredington O.S. cards, TF 04 SE; 15 (Index). SLI2714.

<2> Scredington SMR cards, TF 04 SE; Y (Index). SLI3252.

<3> R.H. Healey and D.R. Roffe, Some Medieval and Later Earthworks in South Lincolnshire, Vol 1, pp 95-97, p136; Vol 2, figs 74, 75 (Unpublished Document). SLI4819.

<4> Butler, L.A.S., 1963, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Vol. 26 pp.51-78 (Article in Serial). SLI468.

<5> BOND, C.J., 1978, MOATED SITES RESEARCH GROUP, Vol 5, p 11 (Article in Serial). SLI557.

<6> BOND, C.J., 1979, MOATED SITES RESEARCH GROUP, VOL 6, P 50 (Unpublished Document). SLI558.

<7> English Heritage, 1999, Scheduling document 31602, MPP 33 (Scheduling Record). SLI5379.

<8> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF0941; LI.828.25.1 (Map). SLI3613.

<9> Ancliffe, V., 1980, South Lincolnshire Archaeology, Vol 4, p 25, fig 26 (Article in Serial). SLI11607.

Monument Types

• MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Events

• Field observation at Thorney Close moat

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument

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