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Summary

PART OF A MIDDLE SAXON SETTLEMENT AT GOLTHO

Full description

Unenclosed settlement remains of middle Anglo-Saxon date comprising houses of timber and clay set in large property plots, partly excavated by Guy Beresford in 1971-74, and underlying the late Anglo-Saxon to medieval manorial complex. Contemporary pottery from fieldwalking suggested that the village had extended south down the slope from the high point occupied by the later church and manor, towards the stream. {2}

The excavated area of the settlement consists of a north to south aligned trackway and two successive houses as well as a boundary, presumably between two homesteads. The earlier of the two houses (dated by pottery) was the smaller. Both houses were of long east to west aligned rectangular form with a single internal division, and were probably of timber and clay construction. The second house had an enclosed yard adjoining it to the north. This yard contained a light scatter of slag, indicative of smithing activity on the site, as well as a substantial stone hearth. Pottery recovered includes shell-tempered, grey sandy, Torskey, Maxey-type and Stamford wares. Animal bone was also recovered, and together with the pottery this indicates a domestic assemblage. No metal finds were recovered. It seems likely that the settlement continued to the south, possibly with a similar layout to the later medieval settlement. {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, pp12-14,15-28,121 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1069.

<4> Paul Everson, 1993, 'Pre-Viking Settlement in Lindsey' in Pre-Viking Lindsey, - (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 - 650 AD to 849 AD)
• HOUSE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 650 AD to 849 AD)
• SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 650 AD to 849 AD)
• TRACKWAY (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 650 AD to 849 AD)

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 650 AD to 849 AD)
• SHERD (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 650 AD to 849 AD)
• SLAG (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 650 AD to 849 AD)

Associated Events

• Excavations at Goltho Manor

Protected Status

• SHINE

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