Monument record 631/0/7 - Undated enclosure

An undated enclosure identified as an earthwork by Baker in the early C19. Only the north corner survived by the early C20.

{1} Baker’s map shows a large roughly rectangular earthwork, described as having a slight bank inside a ditch. In its south west corner and south side met the west rampart of the contour fort, but the north, Baker claimed, passed through the defences and extended down the hill as a ‘covered way’. By 1923 all but the north corner of this enclosure had gone and this north corner survives flow only as a scarp 0.2m high; however, another scarp continues north east for some 45m before turning south east and fading out (cf. mon 7398/0/1).

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.65 site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Baker G., 1830, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.344 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77327.

<3> Edgar W., 1923, Borough Hill & Its History, p.32 (unchecked) (Book). SNN47010.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP56SE6 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

Record last edited

Sep 15 2023 3:22PM