Monument record 980/2/18 - Possible Post Medieval Garden Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} There was also another part to the gardens which appears to have been included from an early date. This was a long rectangular piece of land below the main garden and asymmetrically placed to it, with the medieval church in the north-west corner. In 1580 this was bounded by a wooden fence planted with trees and called The Orchard. Earthwork plan.

{3} A trial trench in this area found substantial layers of earth, probably deposited to create a terrace or platform immediately north of Church Pond. The soil layers contained a mixture of residual pottery dating from the Iron Age, Roman and medieval periods. A map of 1587 shows the edge of a terrace or path in this approximate location, although a single sherd of 19th-20th century may indicate later episodes of dumping.

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

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.107-8 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Hood A., 2014, Holdenby House, Holdenby, Northamptonshire: Archaeological evaluation, February 2014 (Report). SNN111104.

Record last edited

May 14 2018 10:07AM