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Name:SITE OF A DEFENDED MANORIAL ENCLOSURE AT GOLTHO
HER Number:MLI50494
Type of record:Monument

Summary

SITE OF A DEFENDED MANORIAL ENCLOSURE AT GOLTHO

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

Full description

PRN 50494
A COMPLEX OF STAVE-BUILT HALL, BOWER, KITCHEN AND WEAVING SHED, SURROUNDED BY A DEFENSIVE RAMPART AND DITCH, FIRST CONSTRUCTED AROUND 850 AD ON PART OF THE MIDDLE SAXON SETTLEMENT. A SEQUENCE OF REBUILDINGS CULMINATED IN A REPLANNING IN THE PERIOD c1000-1080 WITHIN A LARGER DEFENSIVE ENCLOSURE. THE POSSIBLE MANORIAL ENCLOSURE WAS SUPERSEDED BY THE BUILDING OF A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE IN c1080. {2}{3}
FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION SEE BERESFORD, 1987. {3}
The dating of the pottery from this excavation needs some revision in the light of recent research. {5}


<1> SMR FILE GOLTHO, TF 17 NW:S - (Index). SLI3038.

<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, pp8-12, 29-83, 121-2 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1069.

<4> Paul Everson, 1993, 'Pre-Viking Settlement in Lindsey' in Pre-Viking Lindsey, P 91 (Article in Monograph). SLI81.

<5> Paul Everson, 1990, Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report, pages 9-14, Vol 5 (Article in Serial). SLI5411.

Monument Types

  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • HOUSE (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • KITCHEN (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • MANOR HOUSE (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • RINGWORK (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • WEAVERS WORKSHOP (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • AWL (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • BRIDLE BIT (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • COMB (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • GAMING PIECE (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1150 AD)
  • HAMMER (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • HECKLE (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • HORSESHOE (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • KNIFE (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • LOCK (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • NUT (FASTENING) (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • PICK (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • PIN (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • QUERN (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • SHERD (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • SPEAR (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • SPOON (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • WHETSTONE (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1080 AD)
  • COIN (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 957 AD to 1035 AD)

Associated Events

  • Excavations at Goltho Manor

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: SMR FILE GOLTHO. GOLTHO. TF 17 NW:S -.
<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. pp8-12, 29-83, 121-2.
<4>Article in Monograph: Paul Everson. 1993. 'Pre-Viking Settlement in Lindsey' in Pre-Viking Lindsey. P 91.
<5>Article in Serial: Paul Everson. 1990. Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report. pages 9-14, Vol 5.

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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