Monument record 4428/0/19 - Probable medieval settlement earthworks (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Good quality photography. Earthworks of possible house platforms and banked closes

{1} Earthworks of possible house platforms and banked closes of the shifted village of Chapel Brampton; NCCAP:SP7366/(+);
{2} The 1584 plan shows no houses and plots here.
{3} Along the present Pitsford road, to the S. of the hollow-way, is a series of embanked enclosures and platforms the S. ends of which are cut by the road. These may be the sites of former buildings and closes though no buildings are shown here on the map of the parish of 1584.
{4} Included on local list.

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

<2> Welsh, T., 2005, Hillfort? - Concentric Banks and Scarps SP730664, (checked) (Note). SNN106936.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.20/Site 13 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Daventry District Council, 2020, Chapel Brampton Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p. 50 (Policy Document). SNN112496.

Record last edited

Aug 5 2021 12:22PM