Monument record 1679/6/2 - Scarped banks around fishponds (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) checked

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} Earthwork survey shows causeway across water of moat/fishponds.

{4} Limited clearance of vegetation was undertaken within the moat. This comprised the cutting and uprooting of shrubs and small saplings. During the course of uprooting the saplings a minimal amount of silt was removed from the bottom of the moat. No pre-modern archaeological deposits or artefacts were present within the investigation area.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

<2> BROWN A.E., 1967, Higham Ferrers Castle: South Scarp of Moat and Paddock, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN105106.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 56 site 9 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77379.

<4> Leigh, D.J., 2013, A Programme of Archaeological Observation, Investigation and Recording of Groundworks at Castle Fields, Kimbolton Road, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire February-August 2012, (checked) (Report). SNN109276.

Record last edited

Feb 11 2014 11:01AM