Monument record 3457/0/18 - Medieval Tofts, east of Great Lane

A series of embanked closes were noted on the eastern side of Great Lane. Buildings were depicted in this location on a map of 1788, but had all gone by 1854. The area has now been developed and the earthworks destroyed.

{2} Settlement Remains (SP 810551), formerly part of Hackleton, lie in the NE part of the village on Boulder Clay at 107 m. above OD. A series of rather damaged embanked enclosures with traces of possible house-sites at their W ends survive immediately E of a small N-S lane. Sherds of medieval and later pottery have been found in this area. In 1788 a number of buildings stood in this area, within small paddocks and closes, but clearly some abandonment had already taken place by then. By 1854 all the buildings had disappeared. The 1854 map once had the closes marked on it but these have been removed by a later hand.

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

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.70/Site 22 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Brown, A E (ed), 1971, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, 5/44 (Journal). SNN13960.

<4> 1788, Plan and survey of estate of Thomas Mercer at Piddington and Hackleton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN111283.

<5> 1854, Map of Estate at Piddington, (unchecked) (Map). SNN24517.

<6> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 5015-6; CPE/UK/1994, 4188-9 (Photographs). SNN104890.

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Feb 4 2025 7:38PM