Monument record 543/1/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Quarry, north-west of Eydon

Quarries north west of Eydon cover an area of some 8ha. There are numerous interlocked pits and spoil heaps resulting from shallow surface quarrying, probably of Medieval date.

{1} Quarries (SP 538505) lie NW of the village on Northampton Sand at 174 m. above OD. An area of some 8 hectares is occupied by numerous interlocked pits and spoil heaps resulting from shallow surface quarrying, probably of medieval date. The W part has been damaged by modern cultivation, but on the E edge some isolated quarry pits have been cut into earlier ridge-and-furrow which in turn appears to end at the edge of the main area of quarrying. No date can be assigned to these quarries.


{2} Crop/soilmark+Earthwork: Good quality photography

<1a> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 3062-4) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.53/Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

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

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:58PM