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Lincolnshire HER

Name:Medieval settlement, Fotherby
HER Number:MLI97906
Type of record:Monument

Summary

Medieval settlement, Fotherby

Grid Reference:TF 316 914
Map Sheet:TF39SW
Parish:FOTHERBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

According to Domesday Book, there were at least four and a half carucates, twelve bovates and land for at least two ploughs and at least seventeen oxen. {1}
The National Mapping Programme has documented medieval cropmark evidence of earthwork ridge and furrow (48382a-d), tofts (48382e-h), an enclosure (48382i) and a hollow way (48382j). {2}


<1> Morris, J. (ed.), 1986, Domesday Book for Lincolnshire, 3.20, 18.9, 22.33, CN.29 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI5431.

<2> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, LI.357.1.1-3/3.1 (Map). SLI3613.

Monument Types

  • ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Protected Status

  • SHINE
  • SHINE
  • SHINE
  • SHINE
  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<1>Bibliographic Reference: Morris, J. (ed.). 1986. Domesday Book for Lincolnshire. 3.20, 18.9, 22.33, CN.29.
<2>Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. LI.357.1.1-3/3.1.

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