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| Name: | Sotby Shrunken Medieval Village |
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| HER Number: | MLI89137 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
The shrunken Medieval village of Sotby.
| Grid Reference: | TF 204 785 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF27NW |
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| Parish: | SOTBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
The shrunken Medieval village of Sotby. Visible features include the earthwork remains of former crofts and tofts, building platforms, buildings, hollow ways, quarries and boundaries, all identified on aerial photography by the National Mapping Programme. {1}
Most (possibly all) of the ridge and furrow recorded by NMP on the south side of the village has been levelled by arable cultivation. {2}
<1> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF2078, LI.569.2.1-25 (Map). SLI3613.
<2> Google, 2006->, Google Maps and Street View (Website). SLI11533.
Monument Types
- BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUILDING PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CROFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- QUARRY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF2078, LI.569.2.1-25. |
| <2> | Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. |
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