More information : [Name TF 0403 5132] Dunsby Village [G.T.] (Site of). (1)
[Area TF 040513] (5)
Dunsby St Andrew is mentioned in 1086. An incumbent was last
instituted in 1506, and the living is associated with Brauncewell
in 1526, though the two names are not joined in the bishop's register
till 1667. In 1563 five families remained.
Foundations of the church and the old hall may be seen on the spot
called Old Dunsby opposite to three cottages, (4) and slight traces
of earthworks are visible on air photographs (5). (2-5)
Earthworks of the deserted village are visible in an area centred at
TF 04005135. There is a surface scatter of medieval building debris
and pottery, and a wide spread of oyster shell. The site of the
church may be identified at TF 04005129 but the hall could not be
identified. Surveyed at 1:2500. (6)
The extant earthworks, consisting of collapsed rubble walls of
maximum height 0.2m and banks maximum height 0.6m and maximum width
2.0m, cover some 8.0 acres and are situated in undulating pasture
30.0m ASL. They represent trackways/field roads, steadings and field
boundaries. Rig and furrow is evident both surrounding the earthworks
and in a field to the south-west.
OS air photographs 76 137 161-62 cover the area.
No change since report of 14.1.64. AM Survey revised. (7)
TF 040 513. Dunsby deserted medieval village. Scheduled no. LI/277.
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The Medieval village settlement described by authorities 1-8 was
visible as earthworks and cropmarks and mapped from good quality
air photographs. To the east of the road (A15) the settlement
survives mainly as earthworks. The foundations of a rectangular
building, 11m by 6m, were visible at TF 0400 5128, which had been
identified by authorities 4 & 6 as the remains of a church. To the
north of this church at TF 0397 5135 is an almost square enclosure,
52m by 50m, containing at least four small square buildings along its
internal perimeter. To the north of this group of buildings at
TF 0401 5144 are embanked crofts, on average 35m wide. Further north,
at TF 0389 5151, fragments of banks or stone foundations were visible as cropmarks and may represent more crofts and buildings. A boundary
bank or plough headland lies to the south of the site at
TF 0406 5118. An extractive pit, 40m by 12m, at TF 0403 5122, may be
associated with the Medieval settlement or of Post Medieval date.
To the west of the road (A15), the settlement remains are visible as cropmarks. Centred at TF 0385 5135, lies a group of embanked
enclosures or fields and the foundations of two square buildings,
5m by 5m, at TF 0394 5123 and TF 0387 5141, are visible as cropmarks.
This area of settlement may be associated with the Medieval village
or of Post Medieval date, relating to the three cottages described by
authority 5.
Ridge and furrow surrounding the site has been ploughed level,
except for at TF 0406 5128.
(Morph No. LI.867.7.1-17)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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