Monument record 8413/1/5 - Possible Quarrying Earthworks North of Brixworth Churchyard

The site of undated earthworks.

(1) A sketchplan of some features north of Brixworth churchyard, which may just be artefacts of quarry backfill, but in relation to the bank reported in Brixworth Churchyard in 1994, it was thought worth the look. Two parallel linear features B and C on sketch, with part of oval feature, D.

{2} Earthworks (about SP 747712 and 748712).Bridges,writing in about 1720,recorded that there were 'vestiges of old trenches' N of Brixworth church and,to the E of it,some 'butts or hillocks'.No trace of these now remains as the area has been worked for ironstone.

<1> WELSH T.C., 2005, SMR Report Form, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN105227.

<2> WELSH T.C., 2005, Possible Remains, Home Farm and Churchyard, Brixworth, SP747712, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN105228.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, Page 31 (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, Page 80 (Book). SNN77326.

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Feb 17 2025 7:19PM