Monument record 4181/0/5 - Medieval/Post Medieval Settlement Earthworks, Sutton Bassett

Earthwork remains of Sutton Basset shrunken village. Earthworks include the remains of several abandoned closes, probably gardens of former houses. Most have ridge and furrow within them. On the west the closes are bounded by a shallow hollow-way.

{2} Settlement Remains formerly part of Sutton Bassett, lie around the existing village. To the west of the main street, behind the present houses, there are several abandoned closes, probably once the gardens of former houses which stood on the sites now occupied by modern ones. They are separated by low scarps and shallow ditches, and most have ridge-and-furrow within them. On the west these closes are bounded by a shallow hollow-way beyond which lies ridge-and-furrow of the former common fields. This hollow-way turns east at each end and joins the main street. North of the church are other indeterminate earthworks which have been ploughed out. These are probably the sites of former buildings. On the 1802 Enclosure Map (NRO) houses are also shown on the east of the main street; these had disappeared by the beginning of this century and the site has now been built over again.

In the angle of the main village street there was formerly a large area of land which had no trace of medieval ploughing on it. Shallow quarries have been dug in it and various tracks cross it. It seems for a long time to have been an open space or green

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.142/Site 1 (part checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Hall D.N., 1960-1999, Rockingham Forest Project: Archaeological Sites Recorded by David Hall, (unchecked) (Database). SNN102279.

<3> 1802, MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN44630.

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Feb 5 2025 7:05PM