Skipsea Grange, Skipsea, Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire - Report on an Archaeological Evaluation and an Assessment of the Results

Wessex Archaeology

The evaluation revealed that the extensive archaeological remains on the site belong to several different phases of activity. The earliest of these appears to date to the Iron Age. Although the sherds of pottery recovered from these features are very similar to sherds of Saxon pottery, there is some evidence to support an Iron Age attribution to these sherds. Small quantities of unstratified Roman pottery suggest that there was some Roman activity in the vicinity.

The main phase of activity identified in the evaluation trenches relates to Saxo Norman and medieval activity. It is likely that many of the features identified in the geophysical survey relate to this phase of settlement – certainly the location of the ridge and furrow ploughing indicates that the contemporary settlement was substantial.

After its abandonment, the site is likely to have become open fields until the enclosure of the land in the post medieval period. A single post-medieval ditch was found, along with a single 17th century token and a small number of post-medieval sherds of pottery.