Monument record 3472/0/3 - Medieval/Post Medieval Hollow Ways (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{1} The surviving earthworks in the old parkland east and south of the hall complement the documented history, but also present problems of interpretation because the remains are partly overlaid by later features connected with the landscaping of the area. Some of the village earthworks were even incorporated into the scheme of landscaping.
To the south-east (marked ‘b’ on the earthwork plan), is a further area of earthworks, again they are rather indeterminate. A wide, curving ditch up to 1.75m deep, which bounds them on the south and west sides, is likely to be part of the later landscaping work, although to the south-east it continues as a hollow way. There is a much narrower ditch, only 0.5m deep, cut on its west side by the landscaped ditch, and this is likely to be the original roadway shown on the 1622 map. It twists through a series of sharp bends and then probably once joined the upper eastern part of the main curving ditch (‘c’ on the earthwork plan). The latter ditch, though much altered, is likely to be the continuation of this road, which ran on past Manor Farm.

{2} NCCAP: SP8253/003, SP8254/001+004-5+007+009-11+013-14+037.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.67-8 Site 19 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

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Jun 16 2014 10:12AM