Monument record 1663/2/1 - Undated Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{1}{2}{3}{4} Plans.

{1} A possible entrance lies on the south side of the enclosure.

{2} The history and date of the monument are unknown; its position, name and form suggests that it is a medieval defensive ringwork.

{4} A roughly triangular earthwork bounded by a ditch and inner bank, which survives only on the west and north up to 2.5m deep x 1.5m high. There is a short length of later stone rubble walling on top of the bank. Later features within include a small circular mound 0.4m high in the south-west corner. Lengths of ditch, scarps and banks up to 0.3m high may mark the sites of former buildings. Ridge and furrow ploughing has reduced the inner bank as a headland. The enclosure's shape and secondary use might indicate a pre-medieval origin which has possibly been re-used in the medieval period as a manorial centre.

{7} Earthwork 120m x 90m; it is delineated on the north and west by a wide ditch between 2.5m and 4m deep.

{10} NCCAP:SP7156/004-009.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP75NW11 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Serjeantson R.M.; Ryland W. (Editors), 1906, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.417 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100369.

<3> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, Parish Files (unchecked) (Archive). SNN115.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.131 Site 8 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<5> SUPPLEMENTARY FILE, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN51742.

<6> 1978, CORRESPONDENCE, (unchecked) (Correspondence). SNN55187.

<7> English Heritage, 1992, English Heritage Scheduling Notification, (part checked) (Report). SNN47128.

<8> 1958, OS 6 INCH MAP, SP75NW (checked) (Map). SNN48040.

<9> 1982, CORRESPONDENCE, (unchecked) (Correspondence). SNN57298.

<10> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

Record last edited

Feb 26 2015 7:08PM