Monument record 4263/1/15 - Medieval hollow way (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

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Summary

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

{2} A deeply cut hollow way, probably the main access road between the ponds and the manor house. However, as the hollow way continues west of the dam it was presumably also a village road. In this case the dam itself must have been used as a roadway before it was breached.


<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. 77 site 6 (part checked) (Series). SNN77380.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Photographs: Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections.
  • <2> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1979. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 2. HMSO. p. 77 site 6 (part checked).

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7724 8050 (208m by 119m) Central
Civil Parish HARRINGTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Kettering District)

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Dec 10 2008 1:23PM

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