Monument record 4304/0/4 - Medieval boundaries and closes (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

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Summary

Earthwork: Good quality photography

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

{2} Earthworks of ditched and banked closes, and hollow way, of the shrunken medieval village of Draughton. The closes run the full length of the village east to west. At the west end they are damaged by farming. Adjacent to the Lamport Road they are built over. Earthworks of post medieval house sites and hollow ways at the east end of Draughton.


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

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.76/Site 10 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> 1837, Draughton Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN19417.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Photographs: Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections.
  • <2> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1981. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 3. HMSO. p.76/Site 10 (unchecked).
  • <3> Map: 1837. Draughton Tithe Map. (unchecked).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7618 7666 (504m by 288m) Central
Civil Parish DRAUGHTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Nov 5 2014 12:18PM

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