Monument record 277/0/3 - Medieval Hollow Way (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark+Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} Surviving earthworks lie in a broad arc SW., S. and SE. of Manor Farm but, though clearly related to the village, these are not part of the settlement area. The main earthworks in the area are a complex system of hollow-ways. The main one is first visible in the SE.as a slightly hollowed feature running S.W. After 6o m. it divides and a branch probably ran N.W. towards Manor Farm, though it now only exists as a narrow gap between the ridge-and-furrow to the N.E. and a bank up to m. high on the S.W. The main hollow-way continues SW. with two marked curves in its alignment. At its W. end it is cut down 1.75 m. below ground level to the S. and has an almost continuous bank 0.5 m. high on its N. side. This hollowway meets another at right angles; the latter runs N.W. until it reaches the stream where it fades out. It apparently once crossed the stream.

{3} Good earthworks at manor farm.

<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.68 site 13 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1976, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1975, 11/197 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN169.

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Aug 16 2011 2:45PM