Monument record 485/0/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Settlement Enclosures & Hollow Way

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork. Possible medieval paddocks (Morph interpretation).

{1} To the north of the main street, behind the present houses, the old back lane survives as a shallow hollow way with old property boundaries in the form of low scarps and banks running south from it.

{3} Earthworks of the medieval/post medieval shrunken village. Lie either side of the Lubenham Road. House platforms and enclosures on both sides of a north-south running hollow way. Also ridge and furrow, including a headland. An east-west running hollow way occupies the north of the area.

{4} NCCAP:SP6986/002-3.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.138 Site 6 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> 1815, Marston Trussell Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN18093.

<3> English Heritage, 1992, English Heritage Scheduling Notification, (part checked) (Report). SNN47128.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

Record last edited

Sep 25 2023 3:27PM