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Summary

Medieval castle and ecclesiastical complex, Kingerby.

Full description

The large moat and earthworks surrounding the Hall belonged to a castle rebuilt in 1216. The present house was built in 1812 for James Young. {1}

The Hall stands within a broad-ditched roughly square inner enclosure of hardly more than moated proportions. On the south side the ditch has been partly filled and smoothed for landscaping for the early 19th century house. The elevation of the interior platform, and the defensive aspect of the outer bank and ditch suggest earlier motte and bailey earthworks. {2}{3}{4}

See also: a watching brief was carried out in 1994 which revealed evidence of Roman and subsequent re-occupation. {5}{6}

Earthworks relating to the medieval castle and ecclesiastical complex were identified on aerial phtoographs by the National Mapping Programme. {7}

The remains around Kingerby Hall and north of the road have been proposed for scheduling 14/12/1999 - SAM 22754. {8}

Scheduled parts of the monument include the remains of a motte and bailey castle, constructed before 1216, and those of an early medieval church and associated ecclesiastical complex. At the time of the Domesday survey, Kingerby manor was held by the Bishop of Lincoln. Following this, it was tenanted in the 12th century by the Amundeville family, who founded an Augustinian hospital (later priory) at Elsham, granting it to the advowson of Kingerby church . During the 12th and 13th centuries a planned village was established around the castle, which included an ecclesiastical complex around the church where the priory's holding, including a vicarage and tithe barn, was located. After the burning and destruction of the castle in 1216, the motte was altered to form a platform for a moated manorial residence. During the 17th century the village became depopulated as arable land was converted to sheep pasture. In 1812, the late medieval manor house was replaced by the current Kingerby Hall and stable block, both Listed Grade II and excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them is scheduled. Also excluded from the scheduling are the Listed Grade II entrance piers in the grounds of Kingerby Hall, the Listed Grade II 17th century tomb in St Peter's churchayrd, and all standing buildings, walls, fences and gateways as well as the surfacing of the modern road, although the ground beneath all these features is included in the scheduling. Further information on this site is contained in the scheduling document. {9}

A watching brief carried out during groundworks in an area of the Scheduled Monument revealed only an undated, mixed up deposit which may represent upcast from ditch digging. Fragments of a single garden pot of 16th to 18th century date were also recovered from topsoil. {10}{11}

Evaluation in the form of four test pits and one trial trench was undertaken by Pre-Construct Archaeological Services in October 2011 at Kingerby Hall. Test pit one revealed a possible oven or hearth made from small limestone blocks and 13th to 15th century tile. Test pit two revealed tile dating from the late 15th to 16th century, two late medieval pottery sherds and animal bone. Test pit three revealed post medieval remains (see PRN 56536). Test pit four revealed animal bone, charred plant remains from domestic waste and an early medieval pottery sherd. The trench revealed a tooth from a sheep or goat and cattle remains along with Roman remains (see PRN 52145). {12}{13}

<1> Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition), p.415 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1062.

<2> SMR FILE OSGODBY, TF 09 SE P,1978, AJW (Index). SLI3212.

<3> OS CARD INDEX, TF 09 SE 1,1962, DA (Index). SLI2677.

<4> P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, 1991, Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, pp.146-7, figs.107, 108 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1063.

<5> City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit, 1995, Kingerby Hall, Kingerby: Archaeological Watching Brief, KGB93 (Report). SLI5169.

<6> City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit, 1995, Kingerby Hall, Kingerby: Archaeological Watching Brief, LCNCC 45.93 (Archive). SLI1546.

<7> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF0592: LI.514.11.1-2,1994, (Map). SLI3613.

<8> English Heritage, 1999, Scheduling proposal document 22754, MPP 1 (Scheduling Record). SLI5659.

<9> English Heritage, 2000, Medieval castle and ecclesiastical complex, Kingerby, SAM 22754 (Scheduling Record). SLI5946.

<10> Archaeological Project Services, 2010, Archaeological Watching Brief on land adjacent to St Peter's Church, Kingerby, Osgodby, KIKC10 (Report). SLI13152.

<11> Archaeological Project Services, 2010, Archaeological Watching Brief on land adjacent to St Peter's Church, Kingerby, Osgodby, LCNCC 2010.48 (Archive). SLI13153.

<12> Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd, 2011, Proposed New Boundary Wall to (Existing) Kitchen Garden, Kingerby Hall, PCAS site code: WGKE11 (Report). SLI13972.

<13> Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd, 2011, Proposed New Boundary Wall to (Existing) Kitchen Garden, Kingerby Hall, LCNCC 2011.362 (Archive). SLI13973.

Monument Types

• HEARTH? (Medieval - 1200 AD? to 1499 AD?)
• CASTLE (Medieval - 1216 AD to 1539 AD)
• MANOR HOUSE (Medieval - 1216 AD to 1539 AD)
• MOAT (Medieval - 1216 AD to 1539 AD)
• MOTTE AND BAILEY (Medieval - 1216 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
• SHERD (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 410 AD to 1539 AD)
• TILE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Events

• Watching brief on land adjacent to St Peter's church, Kingerby
• Proposed New Boundary Wall to (Existing) Kitchen Garden, Kingerby Hall
• Watching brief at Kingerby Hall, Kingerby

Protected Status

• SHINE
• Scheduled Monument

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