Broughton, Lincolnshire

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

There is what appears to be a mote and bailey in woods just to the west of Broughton. This is in an area of prehistoric burial mounds and the North Lincs SMR has records of the site being excavated in the 1880's when the interpretation of it as a burial mound was first made. No prehistoric material was found but it was discovered that the bailey ramparts were made of re-used Roman material probably from the nearby Ermine street. This would seem to negate the burial mound identification although this is still the view of the SMR. On 1891 OS earthworks look like oval motte with semicircular bailey to south. At other end of village from Church. Recorded in PastScape as Sand Hills (Not antiquities)

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE955086

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 63291