Monument record 1396/0/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Enclosures (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark+Earthwork: Good quality photography

{1} All remains had been abandoned by 1842.

{2} Earthworks of the shrunken village of Pytchley. To the east, in the angle between the hollow ways is a block of ridge and furrow, which at its south-east end has a series of rectangular scarped and embanked enclosures, lying on top of the ridges. These appear to be the sites of former buildings, perhaps houses, with associated garden plots. The sides of the plots appear to have been laid out along the pre-existing ridges which have been heightened to form low banks. Within the largest plot a much degraded ridge is visible. The survival of these ridges suggests that the occupation of the site may have been short, and the whole complex probably represents a temporary expansion of the village at some point in the medieval period. Earthwork plan.

<1> 1842, Pytchley Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN31396.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.123/Site 8 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

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Oct 17 2023 3:57PM