Countess Close, Alkborough

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

The buried and earthwork remains of a fortified medieval manor house. The monument includes a main enclosure, defined by a bank and external moat ditch, with an annex or second enclosure on the south western side. The moat ditches were almost certainly dry moats and never water-filled. The bank and ditch between the main enclosure and the annex was levelled in 1965-6, but their position can be seen as soil marks and the course of the moat ditch is marked by a slight depression. The main enclosure, which measures 80m by 90m internally, has a raised area on the western side. This is considered to be the building platform for the main hall.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE87982164

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 61215

Books

Loughlin, Neil and Miller, Keith, 1979, A survey of archaeological sites in Humberside carried out for the Humberside Joint Archaeological Committee p179-80
Dudley H. E., 1949, Early Days in North West Lincolnshire p171-3

Journal Articles

Knowles, G.C., 1974, East Midland Archaeological Bulletin Vol10 p11, 37

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