The Gatehouse website record for Gainsborough Park

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

Medieval earthworks including a dry moat. This site was initially interpreted as 'Roman intrenchments' but is now thought to be a medieval manorial site. The site lies within the medieval deer park. It is presumably a park- keeper's house or lodge with paddocks, orchards or gardens, and to the north east a small circular building surrounded by a ditch which is possibly a dovecote. The earthworks were destroyed between 1963 and 1967, but were depicted on early large scale Ordnance Survey sheets as comprising a large almost square enclosure, with ditched closes on the same alignment appended to its w and s sides. Immediately to the north west lay a further perhaps ditched or moated platform with ancillary features, all on a slightly different alignment from the first, which may indicate a two-phased development. Traces of these earthworks are visible on aerial photographs. (Lincolnshire HER)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK83648811

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 324868
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 50289 '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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