Monument record 1663/0/1 - Probable Medieval Hollow Way (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{1} NCCAP: SP7156/001+005-6.

{3} The main feature on the ground is the line of the original street (marked 'a' - 'b' on the earthwork plan). To the west of The Poplars it is still a well-marked hollow way up to 1m deep, but at the west end it fades out, although the 1810 map shows that it continued. The drive on the north side of The Poplars is on the line of the street and to the east the latter is still traceable as a shallow hollow way. Its east end is now blocked, though it apparently once ran on to meet the present road.

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

<2> 1810, Rothersthorpe Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN17120.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.128-30 Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

Record last edited

Feb 26 2015 6:58PM