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Name:SITE OF A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE AT GOLTHO
HER Number:MLI50493
Type of record:Monument

Summary

SITE OF A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE AT GOLTHO

Grid Reference:TF 116 774
Map Sheet:TF17NW
Parish:GOLTHO, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

PRN 50493
AFTER AROUND 1080, AND PERHAPS CONNECTED WITH THE SUBINFEUDATION OF THE MANOR, A SMALL MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE WAS ERECTED OVER AN EARLIER MANORIAL ENCLOSURE, WITH THE MOTTE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SUB-RECTANGULAR EARTHWORK AND A GATEHOUSE AND A BRIDGE ON THE EAST SIDE. TWO SUCCESSIVE SINGLE-AISLED HALLS OF CLAY WITH VERTICAL POSTS PROVIDED DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATION. FINALLY AROUND 1150, THE BAILEY BANKS WERE PULLED IN TO CREATE A FLAT-TOPPED MOUND FOR A HALL OR PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, SOON ABANDONED (PRN 51232). {2}{3}
SEE BERESFORD, 1987 FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION. {3}
PAUL EVERSON SUGGESTS THAT THE FINDS AND DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE SUPPORTS A LATER DATING - AT THE EARLIEST IN THE LATE 1130s; WITH A POSSIBLE ENFORCED SLIGHTING OF THE EARTHWORKS IN c1217. FOR A DETAILED DISCUSSION SEE LHA 1988. {7}


<1> OS CARD INDEX, TF 17 NW:12,1964, SEAMAN B H (Index). SLI2512.

<2> 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.

<3> BERESFORD, G., 1987, GOLTHO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EARLY MEDIEVAL MANOR c.850-1150, pp5, 10, 14, 85-110, 122 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1069.

<4> J.K.S. St Joseph, 1945-79, Cambridge University Collection, PE 89-94,1955, (Aerial Photograph). SLI175.

<5> John A. East, 1978-80, John East Collection of Aerial Photographs, 1120 (Aerial Photograph). SLI182.

<6> SMR FILE GOLTHO, TF 17 NW:S - (Index). SLI3038.

<7> Paul Everson, 1988, LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, VOL 23 pp.93-99 (Article in Serial). SLI694.

Monument Types

  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • CASTLE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • MOTTE AND BAILEY (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ADZE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • ARROWHEAD (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • HORSESHOE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • JAVELIN (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • SHERD (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • SICKLE (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1150 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1135 AD to 1154 AD)

Associated Events

  • Excavations at Goltho Manor

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: OS CARD INDEX. GOLTHO. TF 17 NW:12,1964, SEAMAN B H.
<2>Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES.
<3>Bibliographic Reference: BERESFORD, G.. 1987. GOLTHO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EARLY MEDIEVAL MANOR c.850-1150. pp5, 10, 14, 85-110, 122.
<4>Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. PE 89-94,1955, .
<5>Aerial Photograph: John A. East. 1978-80. John East Collection of Aerial Photographs. 1120.
<6>Index: SMR FILE GOLTHO. GOLTHO. TF 17 NW:S -.
<7>Article in Serial: Paul Everson. 1988. LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. VOL 23 pp.93-99.

Related records

MLI51233Related to: PART OF A MIDDLE SAXON SETTLEMENT AT GOLTHO (Monument)
MLI51232Related to: SITE OF A MEDIEVAL MANORIAL HALL AT GOLTHO (Monument)

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