Monument record 589/2/1 - Medieval Motte (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} The site consists of a small conical motte some 4m high with a flat top 27m across. The south side has been cut and mutilated by farm buildings and if ever there was a ditch at this point no trace of it now survives. Elsewhere at the base of the motte is a shallow ditch no more than 1m deep which still holds water in one place. Along the outer edge of the ditch is a small bank only 0.25m high which externally is little more than a steepening of the natural hillside.

{4} Fieldname: Castle Hill.

{5} A conical mound 4m high with a flat top 27m across. A 1m deep ditch is partially waterlogged. A 2m high bank below the motte on its north-east side indicates the extent of a bailey on that side.

<1> Doubleday H A (ed), 1902, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.328 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100368.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.163-4 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Serjeantson R.M.; Ryland W. (Editors), 1906, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.109-10 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100369.

<4> 1742, Preston Capes Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN8592.

<5> English Heritage, 1992, English Heritage Scheduling Notification, (part checked) (Report). SNN47128.

<6> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

Record last edited

Mar 7 2017 11:40AM