ENN112658 - Irchester Manor, 1967-9 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference SP 9270 6560 (point)
Civil Parish IRCHESTER

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David Hall

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Not recorded.

Description

During 1967-69 housing estate works destroyed the site of the former manor. Excavation of selected areas showed that the earliest occupation was late Saxon. Post holes and sleeper-beam trenches of rectangular huts were associated with an extensive area of pits, ditches and iron-working forge hearths. Later groups of pottery associated with manorial buildings were recovered from ditches of the 12th and 13th centuries.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Archive: David Hall. Fieldwalking in Northamptonshire.
  • <2> Report: HALL D.N.. 1974. Medieval Pottery From The Higham Ferrers Hundred, Northamptonshire. Journal of The Northampton Museums & Art Gallery. 10 (JUNE). N.B.C..

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Site of medieval manor house, Irchester (Monument)

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Apr 2 2026 2:37PM

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