Monument record 2327/0/7 - Probable Medieval Ditch & Bank Earthwork

{1} Bank and ditch earthwork observed. (RFP Rapid Survey?)

{2}{4}{5} 'The Park Bank' is clearly marked on an early C18th survey (NRO Map 1402), running up the western side of The Long Lownd Woods. A ditch running from SP947820 due east divides this part of the park from Snapes Wood.

{3} The entire north-west boundary still survives in Snapes Wood as a low bank up to 1m high with a shallow inner ditch. At the point where it reaches the west side of the wood it turns and runs south along the edge of Long Lown Wood. At the south-west corner of the wood the boundary is broken by modern tracks and then reappears as the outer bank of the west and south sides of a moat at SP94958122 (Mon 2327/1). Its continuation has presumably been removed by Slipton Lodge Farm as no trace now exists.

<1> Hall D.N., 1960-1999, Rockingham Forest Project: Archaeological Sites Recorded by David Hall, Mapinfo Data Layer (checked) (Database). SNN102279.

<2> STEANE J.M., 1975, The Medieval Parks of Northamptonshire, p.221-223 (checked) (Article). SNN37713.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.63+Fig.33 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<4> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1974, Archaeology In Northamptonshire 1973, p.110 (checked) (Article). SNN9109.

<5> STEANE J., 1974, Survey Report: Some Medieval Parks in Northamptonshire, p.25 (checked) (Newsletter). SNN37717.

Record last edited

Sep 5 2017 11:48AM