Monument record 4124/1 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Watermill

Earthwork dam lying across Harper's Brook. To the north is a quarry-pit which probably provided the spoil for it. Possibly the site of a watermill.

{1} Dam (SP 82348523; Fig.155), 500 m SW of Pipewell Upper Lodge, lies across the valley of the Harper's Brook, on clay at 122 m above OD. It consists of a large bank, 120 m long and up to 30 m wide with a maximum height of 5 m. There is a large gap in the centre with a channel, now dry, leading E. to the modern stream. Traces of an overflow channel, now recut to form the present stream course, exist at the S. end. The remains of the pond in which the water was held was W. of the dam, in Rushton parish. To the N. of the dam is an elongated quarry-pit which probably provided the spoil for it. It is possibly the site of a watermill.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.174 Site 10 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF VAP F22 82/RAF/865, 0232–3 (Photographs). SNN104890.

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May 8 2024 10:26AM