Monument record 3592/0/2 - Medieval/Post Medieval Settlement Earthworks

{2} Immediately east and south-est of the manor house the hillside is covered with earthworks of various forms. South-east of the manor house is a series of embanked and scarped closes extending down the valley side. One part has been destroyed by ploughing which has revealed the foundations of dry-stone walling along the crests of the scarps. To the east is a group of rectangular platforms, possibly former building sites, set on the side of a small re-entrant valley. The head of this valley has been completely filled in to provide a generally flat area with a massive scarp up to 3m high forming its south-east edge. On the north-east side of the valley a small, partly terraced hollow way runs down to the bottom of the main valley and, in the bottom, is cut by a shallow depression 90m x 25m which is perhaps an old pond. Beyond, the hollow way continues up the valley side and presumably led to the now deserted village of Doddington Thorpe which lies immediately to the south-east. The area was devoid of buildings by 1801.

<1> FOARD G.R., PARISH SURVEY, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN43831.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.175 Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

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Jan 7 2010 4:16PM