Monument record 34/0/3 - Medieval tofts (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) checked

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{1} NCC Aerial Photograph SP4853/7-9

{2} All the earthworks were already abandoned by the mid 19th century.

{3} On either side of the hollow way (34/0/8) are earthworks, very disturbed, but with some indications that there was formerly a series of closes bounded by low scarps. A number of large depressions may represent former buildings.

{4} Series of probable tenements fronting north onto Townsend Lane, which is deeply hollowed, with probable house sites at north ends of several. At least one appears to have wall footings defining a rectangular building, while others have platforms and other less distinct features. The tenements run back to a deep hollow way.

{5} Earthwork survey recorded differences in remaining features to those shown in RCHM survey and on aerial photos, possibly accounted for by differences in recording technique, and also by the infilling of some features by building activities in the 1990s.

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

<2> 1868?, Map of Upper Boddington, (unchecked) (Map). SNN10908.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.21 site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> FOARD G.R., 1988, Village earthworks, Upper Boddington, (checked) (Notes). SNN57522.

<5> Phillips M.; Watters J.; Wells J., 2002, Land Off Townsend Lane, Upper Boddington, Northamptonshire, Archaeological Field Evaluation, (checked) (Report). SNN102224.

<6> Young, S. And Kay, F., 2014, Geophysical survey of Jubilee Field, Townsend Lane, Upper Boddington, Northamptonshire, 2014 (Report). SNN110171.

Record last edited

Mar 28 2017 10:56AM