Monument record 2193/1/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Moat (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{1}EWKS; MOAT POSS ORNAMENTAL POND OF GARDEN; ENCLOSED BARNS OF FARMSTEAD; PROB ORIGINALLY MED MOAT; BANK POSS RELATED TO CONVERSION TO GARDEN LATE C15TH-EARLY C16THAD; SCARPS & BANKS OF POST MED FARM; TL10608880; PLAN (1); 2M HIGH BANK AROUND OUTSIDE OF MOAT DITCH FORMS POSS WALKWAY AROUND BOUNDARY OF EARLY C17TH GARDEN; EWKS OF GARDEN SEEM TO OVER-LIE R&F TO E (5); NCCAP:TL1088/001-16 (+);

{5} Earthworks of the moat lie south of the village earthworks. Site of the medieval manor. 80m x 70m. Ditches on three sides and still waterlogged in parts. 2m high outer bank and 1m high inner bank. The medieval buildings were replaced in the C16th.

{6} Farmhouse within the present moat. The moat appears to be part of a garden.

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

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.108/Site 21 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Serjeantson R.M.; Ryland W. (Editors), 1906, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.412 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100369.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, TL18NW11 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> 1958, OS 6 INCH MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN10964.

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

<6> 1632, The Manor of Papley, (unchecked) (Map). SNN105223.

<7> 1685, Map of Papley, (unchecked) (Map). SNN105224.

Record last edited

Apr 8 2014 4:32PM