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Barton upon Humber Town Rampart

In the civil parish of Barton upon Humber.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of North Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Humberside).

Course of supposed medieval rampart and ditch. Two charters, one a Papal Bull of the mid C12, refer to Barton as a castrum, or fortified town, with a murum or walls. Contemporary charters of Gilbert de Gand writes of scisso and fossati - ditches and banks. Several Dyke road names in Barton. More probably a boundary dyke that true town defence.

This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Nothing visible remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TA03962240

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

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PastScape number; 79002

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This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

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