Monument record 264/1/1 - Castle Hill ringwork (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) checked

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{3} Aerial photos NCCAP:SP5545/001-6+9-10

{4} The rampart of the ringwork has been cut back, and the ditch filled on the east side towards the church. A gap in the line of the rampart at the west side, leading to a causeway across the ditch was shown in 1968 to be a nineteenth century breach: the site of the original entrance remains unknown. Apart from these modifications the earthworks have survived well, the rampart at the north side standing some 3.66m high above a ditch 0.31m deep. Observations made in the churchyard suggest that there may formerly have been a bailey to the east, enclosing the church with its apparently late Saxon doorway. To the south the line of a sunken lane may reflect a second larger bailey.

{5} Plans to regrade levels of playing field

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.139/Site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> 1955, OS 6 INCH MAP, SP54NE (unchecked) (Map). SNN9240.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

<4> Davison, B K, 1977, Excavations at Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, 1960-76: An interim report, p.106 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN9243.

<5> Northamptonshire County Council, 1980, Plan of Silverstone School playing field, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN57588.

<6> HANNAN A., 1979/1980, Correspondence re Sulgrave School playing field, (unchecked) (Correspondence). SNN57272.

<7> English Heritage, 1992, English Heritage Scheduling Notification, (part checked) (Report). SNN47128.

<8> Cadman G., 2000, Castle Hill Ringwork, Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, National Monument 13662, (unchecked) (Report). SNN100337.

<9> 1969, Current Archaeology, 12/19-22 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN9233.

<10> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1969, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1967/68 (Medieval), p.27-9 (unchecked) (Article). SNN57956.

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