Chris Collyer
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 17, 2006, 23:40
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Hi
Yes, there's nothing marked as scheduled in that field but the whole Witham valley is rich in archaeological finds and sites, through prehistoric to medieval. Francis Pryor included the Witham in his book Britain AD and there is also an A4 booklet on the area 'Time and tide, the archaeology of the Witham valley'. I've got a copy but haven't got round to reading it yet but just having a quick flick through shows a plan of the area just to the south of your field with a causeway that looks like it would pass through, or close by, the area you are interested in. There are also plenty of earthworks too but it doesn't make it clear what period these belong to. The plan comes from the 'National Mapping Programme sheet TF 07 SE' if you can find a copy, sounds like the local archaeo and museums are your best bet.
While you're in the area there's a nice barrow about 3-4 miles southeast called King's Hill at TF121707
I'll try and dig out a photo and post it later.
-Chris
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Herne
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 19, 2006, 06:21
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for all your information and the pic you posted :o)
I sort of new about King's Hill as I used to get my hair cut down Bardney way when I was a lad. And we used to walk around the abbey sometimes afterwards... Never really put two + two together until now!
I've a feeling that the causeway you mentioned is now the modern road down to the famrs/Abbey as I seem to recall it dating back to then at least.
Thanks again!
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Chris Collyer
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
May 01, 2006, 18:20
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I had a quick spin down the Witham area last week and had a look at those earthworks while I was there. First thing I noticed was that I was looking in the wrong field (I think), on the map link you posted-
http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=508000&Y=374500&scale=10000&width=500&height=300&gride=508015&gridn=374120&lang=&db=pc&coordsys=gb
I was looking in the field slap bang in the centre of that photo and couldn't see anything. Turning round and looking south there were indeed a load of earthworks in the field between the road and Barlings Hall. They looked pretty waterlogged and not that ancient either. Checking back to the map and zooming it up a notch-
http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=508000&Y=374500&width=500&height=300&gride=508015&gridn=374120&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=pc&pc=&zm=0&scale=5000&down.x=259&down.y=324
in the top half of the photo it looks like the ground plan of some kind of hall or other large building, although the earthworks might suggest a moat or some serious drainage problems – maybe it was a giant fish pond! It does actually appear on the edge of that plan I mentioned previously but my money is on it belonging to the abbey or even something more recent but a quick word with the bods at Lincoln museum should sort it out.
I'll say one thing though – it's nice round there isn't it :-)
-Chris
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