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Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm

England
List entry 1016785
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016785
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.25 hectares
Grid reference
TF 37311 73673
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Glebe Cottage moated site is a medieval monument situated immediately south of Brook Farm in Lincolnshire. The site comprises a rectangular moated enclosure, a characteristic defensive feature of the medieval period that typically served domestic and agricultural purposes for a manorial holding or substantial farmstead. Such moated sites were particularly common in the Midlands and eastern England during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, and their construction often reflected the status and resources of their inhabitants. The monument remains visible as earthwork features in the modern landscape, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in this part of Lincolnshire.

Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016785. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm?

Glebe Cottage moated site is a medieval monument situated immediately south of Brook Farm in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016785.

Who is responsible for protecting Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm?

Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016785.

What other scheduled monuments are near Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement site (3.2 km), Ring Holt bowl barrow (4.4 km), Bowl barrow 800m north east of the Manor House (5.7 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement site
3.2 km
Ring Holt bowl barrow
4.4 km
Bowl barrow 800m north east of the Manor House
5.7 km
Giants' Hill II, a Neolithic long barrow 400m WNW of Skendleby Lodge Farm
6.2 km
Long Barrow North of Thorpe Farm and adjacent Round Barrow
6.3 km
Churchyard cross, St Nicholas's churchyard
6.5 km
Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge
7.2 km
Spilsby market cross
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm

Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Glebe Cottage moated site immediately south of Brook Farm

LincolnRoman town · ~24.7 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~4.9 miles
Domesday entry for Brinkhill, Lincolnshire →
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