Elsworth, D. W. (2022). Sizergh Castle, Sizergh, Cumbria: Archaeological Watching Brief. Ulverston: Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1116881. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Sizergh Castle, Sizergh, Cumbria: Archaeological Watching Brief
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Series:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1116881
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Abstract:		 Greenlane Archaeology carried out an archaeological watching brief during the course of groundworks associated with the installation of a biomass district heating system and solar photovoltaics. The watching brief was carried out between November 2021 and April 2022 and comprised the monitoring of eight trenches extending from the north side of the north wing of the castle to the south drive outside the courtyard for the former service buildings to the south and up to the modern visitors’ centre. A range of features were encountered, although in all trenches there was considerable disturbance caused by later services. The most common feature was stone-built culverts created for drainage, all of which are probably post-medieval in date. Other features include a deposit of subsoil in Trench 1 that contained large amounts of animal bone and pottery, including one medieval fragment, which probably represents the remains of middens used for disposing of rubbish from the nearby service wing. In Trench 2 a section of wall was discovered that does not obviously correspond with anything shown on the early maps, but its purpose is uncertain, and in Trenches 2, 7 and 8 deposits were revealed that probably relate to changes in the arrangement of the drives. In Trench 8 an iron structure sat on stone blocks was uncovered, which is evidently part of a horse engine recorded as being in existence on the south side of the Great Barn. While generally relatively limited in terms of archaeological significance the various remains discovered do provide some additional information about the development of Sizergh Castle, specifically functional elements such as the manner in which drainage was dealt with, where the middens were located and the fact that the Great Barn at one point housed machinery powered by a horse-engine. The bones recovered from the probable midden provide evidence for the type of food eaten at Sizergh in the early post-medieval period, while sandstone flags used for roofing indicate that at one point at least some of the roof was finished with this imported material, rather than locally-derived slate.
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Author:		 Daniel W Elsworth
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Publisher:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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Parish: Helsington
District: Westmorland and Furness
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Country: England
County: Westmorland and Furness
Grid Reference: 349819, 487935 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
POST MEDIEVAL WALL (Tag)
WALL (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: greenlan1-503727
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Created Date:		 08 Jan 2024