Monument record 478/3 - Undated enclosures, North Thorney Close Coppice

Cropmarks of rectangular enclosure identified in Fawsley Park. The enclosure comprises a bank and double ditch with a smaller sub-rectangular enclosure annexed to its southwest corner. The feature is probably an enclosure around a wood as shown on a map of 1741.

{1} Fieldname: North Thorney Close.

{3} A small circular enclosure attached to the south-west corner of a larger rectangular enclosure. The latter is orientated north-south and its eastern side bows outwards. These may be modern features and may be a bank around a small wood (North Thorny Close) shown on a map of 1741.

{4} At SP 57215733 are crop marks of a roughly rectangular enclosure (bank and double ditch) with a smaller sub-rectangular enclosure (ditch only) annexed to its SW corner. They may be relatively recent as they are centrally placed in a modern field.

{5} The site is on arable land; there are no surface remains.

<1> 1741, Map of Fawsley, (checked) (Map). SNN8611.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP55NE8 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, (RAF CPE/UK/1994 1162-3 13-APR-47) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<5> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, F1 JB 12-FEB-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

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Feb 10 2025 8:14PM