The Gatehouse website record for Friskney Abbey Hills

In the civil parish of Friskney. In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

One of 3 moated sites in area one of which may mark the site of building licensed 1303 to Ralph Friskney (I consider the site at Friskney Hall to the most likely site). This appears to be the largest of the 3 sites. The monument is considered to represent a medieval house, farm and associated ponds enclosed within a moat. A document of mid-C13 origins details extensive land holdings in the Friskney area belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of St Oswald, Bardney. The name of the field in which the monument is situated, recorded as early as 1829, is considered to suggest some connection with the abbey. Documentary sources from C19 recorded chance finds including fragments of mullioned windows, stained glass, pillar bases and the existence of a small circular room entered by stone steps. Area 3.7ha, length 200m, width 185m.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF45125483

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 355189
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 43536 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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