Monument record 2878/0/57 - Possible post medieval boundary

Earthworks identified south of the church, these may include a possble dam and banks.

{2} A possible earthwork crossing the development site noted in the Sites and Monuments Record appeared from photographic evidence to date from the late 1960s or early 1970s.

{3} Earthworks (SP 803829) of unknown purpose, lie immediately S of the church, in and on the W side of a narrow valley on clay, at about 104 m. above OD. The valley is partly blocked by a large earth bank, up to 2.5 m. high, which may be a dam, and there are two much slighter banks about 0.25 m. high, across the valley upstream. Below the dam is an area of later quarrying and a square platform with a scarped lower edge. To the W on the side and crest of the valley, aretwo disconnected lengths of broad bank, the upper with a ditch on theW side. Further N within the present graveyard, are two parallel scarps.

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

<2> King N., 2000, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment Of Beech Close, Desborough, Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Report). SNN100529.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, Page 36 (Series). SNN77380.

<4> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF VAP 541/621, 3027-8 (Photographs). SNN104890.

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Apr 22 2024 11:58AM