Monument record 8320/0/11 - Open Fields Project: Areas of Survival of Ridge & Furrow

Earthwork (Aerial Photography)

{3} The northern part of the site historically formed part of a furlong much of which exists as extant earthworks immediately to the east of Brockhall Road. Furrow, aligned east-west in Trench 1 was part of this furlong. The furrow was 1.80m wide and 0.15m deep with a shallow U-shaped profile and flat base. The fill comprised light yellow-brown silty clay with rare sub-rounded stones throughout. The fill contained one sherd of medieval pottery and one iron nail. The central and largest part of the proposed development area was part of a third furlong, aligned north to south, part of which can still be seen in the fields immediately east of Brockhall Road.

<1> Hall D.; Palmer R., 2001, Midland Open Fields Project: Digital Archive, (part checked) (Archive). SNN105253.

<2> Hall D.N., 2001, Turning The Plough - Midland Open Fields: Landscape Character and Proposals for Management, (unchecked) (Book). SNN101551.

<3> Chinnock, C. & Jarvis, L., 2015, Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land at Brockhall Road, Flore, Northamptonshire, October 2015, p.6 (Report). SNN110325.

<4> Horne, B (editor), 2016, South Midlands Archaeology (46), p. 41 (Journal). SNN111326.

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Jan 23 2019 3:24PM