Monument record 384/0/2 - Possible Medieval Closes (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark+Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} The remains suggest that the village was once aligned on a north-west to south-east axis along the River Cherwell, and then either moved to or was resettled along the main Daventry to Banbury Road. The earthworks are in poor condition having been damaged by quarrying, and by the construction of Charwelton Station yard in 1896. They consist of a line of at least five embanked closes, bounded on the north-east by a massive scarp some 2m high. Their south-west ends appear to have been cut away and they may have extended almost to the river. Earthwork plan: Fig.41.

{4} In 1847 the area of the village remains was called Home Close.

{5} NCCAP:SP5356/001-5.

<1> HEARNE T., 1745, Historia Regum Angliae, p.122-3 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN9711.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.46-7 Site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.36 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77325.

<4> 1847, Charwelton Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN9559.

<5> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN104822.

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Nov 6 2012 6:24PM