Monument record 130/0/3 - Castle Lane

{1} A cobbled surface of tightly packed limestone fragments of mixed character. The cobbles overlay a layer of redepostied natural limestone. The surface was patched in places and the thickness of the road metalling was not uniform.

{2}Beneath the modern hardcore and a 19th century 0.3m layer was a metalled surface of small limestone pieces bedded upon larger limestone blocks 5/5 which in turn overlay the natural clay.

{3} A draft inclosure map of 1830 marks Pond Close and Castle Lane although the latter has been narrowed by the creation of a series of enclosues along its northern side.

<1> BARCHAM R., 1982?, Brackley, Castle Lane, (unchecked) (Typescript Report). SNN70228.

<2> 1997, Archaeological Evaluation at The Sturdy Concrete Site, Brackley, Northamptonshire: Stage 2, Trial Excavation, (unchecked) (Report). SNN40431.

<3> SHAW M., 1997, Sturdy Concrete site, south of Hinton Road, Brackley: Archaeological Desktop Study, p.3 (checked) (Report). SNN72859.

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Jul 21 2022 10:31AM