Monument record 68/2/5 - Post Medieval Formal Garden Features (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} The site was probably once a set of medieval fishponds but has been remodelled, presumably in the early C17th as part of a garden associated with the manor house.
To the south of the ponds (marked 'b' on the earthwork plan) is a roughly rectangular area sloping up gently to the south with a number of very slight scarps less than 0.25m high across it. These form no detectable pattern but may be the remains of flower-beds or paths of a formal garden.

{3} Pasture paddock grazed by horses. Very slight earthwork traces (as previously recorded by RCHME) still present.

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

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.56-8 Site 19 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> Cadman G.E., 1996, Farthinghoe Parish: Steane Park, (checked) (Report). SNN49716.

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Oct 23 2023 12:31PM