Monument record 3977/0/2 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Pond

Cropmarks. Pre-C19th linear banks, hollow-way, dam and pond

{1} (SP820815) Mill dam, pond, park (?) boundary (earthworks) on AP in 1980

{2} Linear banks and hollow-way,dam and pond (centred SP 820805), lie on a steep N-facing slope S of the town on clay between 90m and 115m above OD. An area of permanent pasture S of a stream is bounded on the W and S by a well-marked bank, up to 2m high, which climbs the hillside, roughly parallel to the modern Rothwell-Kettering road (A6). It has a hollow-way on its SW side. Within it are a number of low banks and quarry pits. The main bank was the boundary between an area of old enclosures and Ripton Field. The hollow-way,on a steep slope, is presumably an alternative route, earlier than the present road,and the inner banks are abandoned field boundaries. The pond is shown as water-filled in 1819. The dam consists of a massive earthen embankment across the existing stream.

{3} Rectangular enclosure with banks on three sides and traces of a bank on the fourth, southern side; presumably dug into hillside over spring which is now dry.

{4} Pond shown as water-filled in 1819.

{7} Embanked pond.

{8} A rectangular enclosure with banks on three sides, and traces of a bank on the fourth (southern) side, is apparent at SP 82068047.

{9} A small pond dug on a hillside presumably over a spring, now dry.
Not an antiquity.

<1> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1981, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1980, 205 (unchecked) (Article). SNN100418.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.131 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP88SW19 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> 1819, Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN44886.

<5> Taylor P., 1992, Fishponds Report 1992, (unchecked) (Report). SNN1339.

<6> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<7> Barcham R.C., 1984, The M1-A1 Link Road and Kettering Northern Bypass Archaeological Survey 1983-84. Northamptonshire Archaeology, (part checked) (Report). SNN46879.

<8> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, APs S41/612, 4012-3 (11.10.50) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<9> Seaman, BH, 1969, Field investigators comments, 3-AUG-1969 (Notes). SNN111907.

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May 2 2024 2:03PM