Monument record 1668/4 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Enclosure, south-east of Grafton Regis Church

Earthworks of a roughly rectangular enclosure with internal features. The internal features have been interpreted as pillow mounds or fishponds.

{1} A small roughly rectangular enclosure 100 m. by 75 m., orientated N.W.-S.E., with a rectangular projection on its S.E. side is bounded by a shallow ditch and low internal bank. It overlies earlier ridge-and-furrow which can still be traced in the interior. A shallow rectangular pond and a number of more indeterminate features lie within the enclosure. No date or function can be assigned to this enclosure. Other earthworks, mainly drainage ditches, and another pond now largely filled in, lie on the lower ground to the N.E.

{2} Possible rabbit warren.

{3} Marked 'o' on the earthwork plan, there is a pair of mounds, both 40m long x 10m wide. They are shown on aerial photographs as formerly existing within an irregular ditched enclosure, now largely ploughed out. These features probably represent a rabbit warren.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.62/Site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> FOARD G.R., 1980, ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN51111.

<3> BROWN A.E., 1985, Field Survey at Grafton Regis, p.2 (checked) (Report). SNN1787.

<4> BROWN A.E., Field Survey at Grafton Regis: A Village Plan Explained?, (unchecked) (Article). SNN75631.

<5> c.1700?, Grafton Regis Map (Undated), (unchecked) (Map). SNN108119.

<6> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP: SP7646/1-26 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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Feb 5 2025 6:12PM