| Title: |
An Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Tarbock Hall Farm, Tarbock, Knowsley, Merseyside |
| Number of Pages: |
55 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological desk-based assessment and a fieldwalking survey were carried out on the proposed golf course site. The study area encompassed the medieval manorial seat of the lords of Tarbock, based at Tarbock Hall, the most important site in the medieval landscape of the township. The original hall was enclosed within a moat, although this was now filled in. There were no medieval fabric remains in the hall complex, but the area within the moat was likely to provide important archaeological evidence relating to the medieval layout. The most important surviving buildings were the farmhouse, the shippon, the carthouse and the threshing barn, which ranged in date from the 16th to late 18th century. A small medieval park surrounded the manorial site until the 17th century. The northern and western parts of the study area lay outside of this 'demesne' land and were probably farmland in the medieval period. There was evidence in these fields of three possible small settlements outside the park that did not survive into the 17th century. By the mid 18th century the whole study area had become farmland. There were a number of landscape features associated with this period, including boundaries, hedges and ponds, which had survived or could be identified from documents. In the extreme north-east of the study area an area containing tile and a little Romano-British pottery may have represented the western fringe of a settlement of this date excavated in 1993. Occasional sherds of Romano-British pottery were found in the three adjacent fields. This was interpreted as representing agricultural practices associated with the settlement. The evidence for prehistoric settlement was mainly found just outside of the study area to the east of the Ochre Brook. Occasional scraps of struck flint suggested that the west side of the valley was used less intensively and no obvious settlement focus was located within the study area. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Ron W Cowell
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| Year of Publication: |
2000
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Tarbock Hall |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Tarbock |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Mid 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 16th To Late 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2000
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND AT TARBOCK HALL FARM, TARBOCK
Study area: 72ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Knowsley
Monument: HALL HOUSE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), POND. Post-medieval (1540-1901), HALL HOUSE. Medieval (1066-1540), FIELD BOUNDARY. Post-medieval (1540-1901), SITE. Medieval (1066-1540), BRIDGE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Medieva
Ngr: SJ43509550
Parish: Knowsley
Postcode: BT389JQ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
