| Title: |
Salesbury Hall, Ribble Valley Borough, Lancashire. Report on Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Watching Brief on Engineer's Trial Holes |
| Number of Pages: |
88 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A programme of desk-based assessment and an archaeological watching brief during the excavation of structural engineer's trial holes was undertaken in advance of the submission of a planning application for the demolition of the 1883 house and construction of a new mansion. The site was occupied by a manor house built in 1883 by Mr Henry Ward. Until 1883 there was 'an extensive cluster of buildings, placed to form a quadrangle', the earliest parts of which possibly dated from the 12th or 13th century. Other parts may have been built in 1578. The Hall was sacked and pillaged during the Civil War in 1643, perhaps resulting in some destruction. The South and West wings of the Hall, by then detached from one another and altered, survived until 1883, and the re-roofed and damaged shell of the former, lacking its timber framing, still stood, as did the piers of a stone-built gatehouse, mentioned in 17th century inventories. An earlier building, ruinous by 1834 (Rev. Allen sketches), abutted the north-west corner of the West Wing and was demolished before 1847. Abram says that 'the hall has been surrounded by a moat, some traces of which were left'. In the immediate vicinity of Salesbury Hall, Bronze Age artefacts had been recovered, including a socketed spearhead and canoe fragment. These could have indicated settlement at or near the Hall site. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Nigel R J Neil
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| Publisher: |
Nigel R.J. Neil Archaeological Services
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
The Hall |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
West Wing |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Salesbury Hall |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Salesbury Hall Ribble Valley |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 1578 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 1883 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| 12th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 1643 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: SALESBURY HALL
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Ribble Valley
Monument: WALL. Undated, [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), MANOR HOUSE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Undated, [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: SD67353565
Parish: Salesbury
Postcode: PR3 3XU
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
