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Little Limber

Hob Uid: 892592
Location :
Lincolnshire
West Lindsey
Brocklesby
Grid Ref : TA1230010230
Summary : Earthworks and cropmarks of a probable Medieval deserted settlement identified at Little Limber, Brocklesby Park. Features include hollow ways, tofts, crofts, mounds and a stack stand.
More information : TA 123103 DMV of Little Limber. Village earthworks lying principally
W of Home Farm are recorded in low relief in pasture by APs (a) in
1946, and partly as low earth works, partly ploughed as soil marks in
1971, and have been further reduced since. (1)

The Medieval settlement referred to by the previous authorities was
seen as earthworks and mapped from good quality air photographs.
Most of the remains have been ploughed and are now visible as
cropmarks. The remains of at least ten tofts are visible as
embanked rectilinear enclosures, measuring on average 20m by 15m,
are centred at TA 1230 1023. A hollow way extends between the
tofts for 230m. Two mounds are visible within the tofts. One of
these is referred to as a possible steading in TA 11 SW 10 but the
function of this, or the other, mound is not clear. Possible croft
boundaries extend north west and south east from the tofts. To the
west of the tofts are more fragmentary remains of possible tofts and
crofts centred at TA 1215 1038. A possible stack stand is visible as
an earthwork to the south west of these, centred at TA 1202 1025. A
possible mill mound is visible to the south of the settlement (see
TA 11 SW 10 for the previous recording history of th emound). It is
almost certainly related to the settlement.
(Morph No. LI.283.2.1-18)

This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
(2)

Sources :
Source Number : 1
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Source details : Everson, P 1982 Unpublished archive text, West Lindsey Project, RCHME
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : RAF VAP CPE/UK 1880/1195-6; Hunting Survey HSL UK 71.207 Run 13 3727-8; APs in NMR
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Helen Winton/15-JUN-1993/RCHME: Lincolnshire NMP
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement, Hollow Way, Toft, Croft, Mound
Evidence : Cropmark, Earthwork

Components and Objects:
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Lincolnshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 5009
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : LI.283.2
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 11 SW 31
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-07-01
End Date : 1997-03-01