Monument record 3777/2/7 - Medieval Ditch (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} A large watercourse, now mainly dry, passes to the north of the moat.

{3} A further water channel runs towards the west from the centre of the site, and to the east are the earthwork remains of further channels which formed part of the water management system.

{4}{5} A stream flows past the earthworks on the north side and has been diverted into the moat which retains it by a large bank.

<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.105 site 14 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> English Heritage, 1992, English Heritage Scheduling Notification, (part checked) (Report). SNN47128.

<4> Council for British Archaeology, 1976, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter, 6/23 (checked) (Newsletter). SNN103415.

<5> Rowley R.T.; Fowler W.J. (Editors), 1974, Council for British Archaeology: Group 9 Newsletter, 4/25-26 (checked) (Newsletter). SNN17341.

Record last edited

Feb 25 2011 11:53AM