More information : [TA 1679 1268] Moat [GT] (1)
[TA 168 126] Roxton appears in the tax list of 1334. (2-3)
The moat is waterfilled and complete but shows no evidence of a
building site. Published survey 25" (1962) revised.
Adjacent fields contain surface remains of an extensive deserted
village with several probable building sites though no evident
building material.
Surveyed at 1/2500. (4)
TA 168126. Deserted Medieval Village of Roxton. (5)
Centred TA 168127. Site of Roxton Deserted Medieval Village not
mentioned in Domesday, but appears in 1334 tax list and on a
Yarborough Estate Map. The earthworks are largely levelled and
ploughed, and house sites, tackways and toft boundaries appear as
crop and soilmarks covering an area of about 15ha. Finds from the
ploughsoil include pottery from Late Saxon to the 18th cent; now
in Scunthorpe and Immingham Museums.
On the eastern side of the Deserted Medieval Village at TA
168126, adjacent to Roxton Farm, is a moated site; the moat is
still wet, about 60m x 40m, around a single island which contains
no sign of building. (6)
The Medieval settlement referred to by the previous authorities was
seen as earthworks and mapped from good quality air photographs.
These remains have all been ploughed flat and are now visible as
cropmarks. The remains of tofts and crofts are visible as ditched
and embanked enclosures centred at TA 1668 1275. Hollow ways
extend between these tofts and crofts. Within one of the tofts is
a possible building visible as a rectangular enclosure, measuring
5m by 5m, defined by low banks, centred at TA 1666 1277. Two
platforms are also visible centred at TA 1663 1269 and
TA 1665 1267. The moated site, adjacent to Roxton Farm, referred
to by the previous authority, was not visible on the available air
photographs because it is masked by trees. South east of this moat
are further settlement earthworks which appear to be of a different
nature to those to the north west. At least seven enclosures,
ranging in size from 130m by 50m to 50m by 25m are centred at
TA 1695 1260. A large fishpond is visible in the centre of the
enclosures. Fragments of ridge and furrow are visible, on the
southern fringes of the enclosures, centred at TA 1694 1242. The
Medieval settlement remains were once completely surrounded by
ridge and furrow. (Morph No. LI.308.1.1-17)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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