Monument record 4753/0/3 - Possible Medieval Settlement Boundary Ditch & Bank

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

{1} Possible Medieval Shrunken Village (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation). Earthwork: Good quality photography.

{3} Earthworks, formerly part of Shutlanger, lay on the north-east edge of the village; they have now been partly destroyed by modern housing, but an area of disturbed ground still remains to the east of a small stream, separated from the adjacent ridge and furrow by a low bank and ditch.


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

<2> 1727, Map of Shutlanger, (unchecked) (Map). SNN16352.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.131 Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Photographs: Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections.
  • <2> Map: 1727. Map of Shutlanger. (unchecked).
  • <3> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1982. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 4. HMSO. p.131 Site 2 (checked).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7284 5005 (125m by 88m) Central
Civil Parish SHUTLANGER, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jan 29 2015 5:29PM

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