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| Name: | Park House Moated Site, Gainsborough |
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| HER Number: | MLI50289 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Moated site at Park House, Gainborough.
| Grid Reference: | SK 835 880 |
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| Map Sheet: | SK88NW |
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| Parish: | GAINSBOROUGH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
Medieval earthworks including a dry moat. This site was initially interpreted as 'Roman intrenchments' but is now thought to be a medieval manorial site. {1}{2}
The site lies within the medieval deer park at Gainsborough. It is presumably a park-keeper's house or lodge with paddocks, orchards or gardens. To the north-east is a small circular building surrounded by a ditch which is possibly a dovecote. The earthworks were destroyed between 1963 and 1967, but were depicted on early large scale Ordnance Survey sheets as comprising a large, almost square enclosure, with ditched closes on the same alignment appended to its western and southern sides. Immediately to the north-west lay a further perhaps ditched or moated platform with ancillary features, all on a slightly different alignment from the first, which may indicate a two-phased development. {3}
Traces of these earthworks are visible on aerial photographs. {4}{5}{6}
<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Card Index, SK 88 NW: 7 (Index). SLI2344.
<2> Lincolnshire County Council, Sites and Monuments Record Card Index, SK 88 NW: E (Index). SLI2881.
<3> P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, 1991, Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, pp.48, 53, 95, figs.40-1 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1063.
<4> J.K.S. St Joseph, 1945-79, Cambridge University Collection, PG 48-50; PG 52-3 (Aerial Photograph). SLI175.
<5> COLE, C., 1993-2002, InnerVisions Business Presentations, 100/0895/F12A; 155/1296/23A; 195/0797/16A (Aerial Photograph). SLI181.
<6> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, SK8388: LI.693.3.1-3,1995, (Map). SLI3613.
Monument Types
- DOVECOTE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PADDOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 88 NW: 7. |
| <2> | Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. SK 88 NW: E. |
| <3> | Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. pp.48, 53, 95, figs.40-1. |
| <4> | Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. PG 48-50; PG 52-3. |
| <5> | Aerial Photograph: COLE, C.. 1993-2002. InnerVisions Business Presentations. 100/0895/F12A; 155/1296/23A; 195/0797/16A. |
| <6> | Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8388: LI.693.3.1-3,1995,. |
Related records
| MLI50405 | Related to: Medieval Deer Park, Gainsborough (Monument) |
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