Monument record 2169/4/1 - Possible medieval crofts (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark+Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{1}Earthwork; medieval and post medieval closes and house sites; The remains suggest that the village has moved away from its original site in a North east direction but when this occurred is not known. It has certainly shifted by the 18th century; TL090852; The earthworks now mutilated and slight consist mainly of shallow ditches and scarps, in generally rectangular areas, which were formerly crofts and closes. Only one house site can be identified; it consists of a well-marked rectangular depression near the north west end of a small close;
NCC Aerial Photograph: TL0985/1+2;

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

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.52/Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> 1716, Map of Hemington, (unchecked) (Map). SNN11092.

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Dec 9 2020 9:48AM