Monument record 3656/2/4 - Post-medieval enclosure, north-east of the Community Centre

Trial trench excavation prior to levelling of the earthworks for a football pitch indicated that this part of the site functioned as 18th-century stabling with no connection to the moated site to the south.

{2} West and north west of the moat there was formerly a group of other earthworks, now destroyed. They consisted of a length of bank with a ditch on the west side, with turned east at its south end, and enclosed a small sunken rectangular platform, probably a former house site. To the south was a circular arrangement of ditches, perhaps of recent date, and other banks to the north and north east.

{3} A small excavation at Northall found no indication of occupation, but may have been located in the area of the fishpond rather than within the moat.

{4} A rectangular area was picked up by geophysics in the area of the former house site, which could represent the rubble spread of a building. This building seems at one time to have been defended by a bank and ditch which have since been destroyed. The relationship between this site and the main moated site is unknown, however.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.148 site 6 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> 1972, Archaeological Excavations (Various Years), p.33 (unchecked) (Series). SNN55389.

<4> Harcourt, J, 1980-1, Walgrave moated manor site (Report). SNN112725.

<4> Masters, P., 1992, Geophysical Investigation of a Moated Site at Walgrave, Northants, (checked) (Report). SNN74182.

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