Monument record 727/29/4 - Mill Leat

{1} Evaluation carried out by the Cotswold Archaeological Trust; a post medieval leat associated with Towcester Mill; it forms the current boundary between the town and the meadow.

{2} At least two phases of dumping were noted alongside the mill leat. More discussion on p.27.

{4} Mill leat feeding Church Mill.

{5} The creation of the mill leat is not firmly dated. Bridges states that it was "cut within these hundred years" and a late 17th or 18th century date has been assumed. It is probable that is reuses the Civil War defensive ditch (727/10/1) for some of its course. The old Northampton Road was shifted away from its course across the water meadows and Easton neston as part of the Turnpiking of 1794/5.

<1> 1992, SMR Report Form, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN48978.

<2> Walker G., 1992, Towcester Retail Development, Northamptonshire: Report on The Results of An Archaeological Evaluation, p.6 (checked) (Report). SNN70243.

<3> 1991, Letter, (checked) (Correspondence). SNN57304.

<4> Taylor J.; Foard G.; Laughton J.; Steadman S.; Ballinger J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Towcester, 3.1.2.1 (checked) (Report). SNN103132.

<5> COTSWOLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST, 1992, Towcester Retail Development, Northamptonshire, Stage 1: Archaeological Assessment, p.18-9 (checked) (Draft). SNN70046.

<6> Woodfield P., 1992, Towcester Retail Development: Historic Landscape Assessment, (checked) (Full Report). SNN46827.

<7> Walker G., 1993, Towcester Retail Development: Interim Report on the Results of an Archaeological Evaluation, (checked) (Interim Report). SNN60080.

<8> Walker G., 1992, Towcester Retail Development, Northamptonshire: Report on The Results of An Archaeological Evaluation, p.27 (checked) (Report). SNN70243.

<9> Kidd S., 1993, Towcester Retail Development, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Planning Assessment, p.14 (checked) (Report). SNN40438.

Record last edited

May 25 2011 12:49PM