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Name: | EARLY MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT REMAINS TORKSEY |
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HER Number: | MLI52545 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
EARLY MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT REMAINS TORKSEY
Grid Reference: | SK 836 787 |
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Map Sheet: | SK87NW |
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Parish: | TORKSEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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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
MLI52531 | Related to: ANGLO-SAXON POTTERY (Monument) |
MLI54207 | Related to: Torksey Medieval Town (Monument) |
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