Monument record 4156/14 - Possible Group of Tenements to West of Church
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Summary
Earthworks of probable medieval/post-medieval settlement to the west of the church.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
{1} Tenement row - uncertain significance of earthworks. The topography of the village appears to have been determined by a major furlong boundary running east-west, parallel to the scarp, and close to the bottom of the main slope of the valley side. It is followed by the road eastward, which is likely originally to have been the main road to Gretton. It also forms the northern boundary of the tenement row which existed in 1615 to the north of the church and which appears from earthworks to have extended yet further to the west along the hollow way which is likely to represent the medieval the road leading towards Cottingham. It is possible that this east-west road and tenement rows, which contain the church, may represent the village which accompanied the castle in the 12th and earlier 13th centuries. Small quantities of pottery of 12th - 17th century date have been recovered from this southern half of the settlement. At their western end these earthworks, in the form of enclosures bounded by low banks and scarps are cut by the hollow way to the north and overlain by the defensive earthworks outside the castle ditch on the south. Some contain small quarry pits. They might represent closes associated with the late Saxon or early medieval village, replaced by the castle or in later medieval desertion. However there is some uncertainty as to the date of the defensive earthworks which overlie these enclosures, which could be from the Civil War re-fortification and hence this stratigraphic relationship does not demonstrate they pre-date the castle.
<1> FOARD G., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Rockingham (Medieval and Post Medieval), (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100473.
<2> 1615, Map of Rockingham 1615, (unchecked) (Map). SNN100477.
<3> 1822, Map of Rockingham 1822, (unchecked) (Map). SNN100476.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SNN100473 Digital archive: FOARD G.. 1999. Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Rockingham (Medieval and Post Medieval). Mapinfo\Archive\Extensive Survey\Rockingham. Northants County Council. (checked).
- <2> SNN100477 Map: 1615. Map of Rockingham 1615. (unchecked).
- <3> SNN100476 Map: 1822. Map of Rockingham 1822. (unchecked).
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 86553 91374 (199m by 193m) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | ROCKINGHAM, North Northamptonshire (formerly Corby District) |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
May 10 2024 11:39AM