Monument record 4188/0/1 - Long Mound, possibly medieval

A rectangular mound, 50m and 8m long, was visible to the east of Hermitage Wood, but has now been destroyed and is visible only as a cropmark. Interpreted as medieval by RCHM. Crop/soilmark: Good quality photography.

{1} Presumed to be entry for Brampton Ash (air photographs taken by J.Pickering) wrongly located to SP791800 (ie. Rothwell parish). However the text entry reads only "Rectangular enclosures."

{2} A ditched enclosure may be a long barrow or possibly a modern feature.

{3} A mound 50m long and 8m wide, markedly rectangular and flat-topped, lying at right angles to the contours. It has now been destroyed and is visible only as a cropmark. RCHME interpret the feature as of medieval or later date.

{4} NCCAP:SP7986/001-7.

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1974, Archaeology In Northamptonshire 1973, p.114 (checked) (Article). SNN9109.

<2> Pickering J., 1977, AP List for North-West Northamptonshire, (checked) (Catalogue). SNN39535.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.10 Site 8 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<5> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, AP (RAF VAP CPE/UK/2109 4279-81) (Photographs). SNN104890.

Record last edited

Feb 25 2025 6:17PM