Monument record 4269 - Possible medieval settlement

Possible medieval enclosures and 12th-13th century pottery.

{1} Two rectangular enclosures were seen in 1968. Further study of the site later produced C12th and C13th medieval sherds with the addition of two flint scrapers and one small fragment of medieval hone stone.

{2} Enclosures (SP 755819), immediately N. of the village, on limestone at 125 m. above OD. Two rectangular enclosures are said to have been noted here in 1968. Pottery of the 12th and 13th centuries, part of a medieval hone and two flint scrapers were later found on the site. However, on air photographs taken in 1947 {4} the area is shown covered with ridge-and-furrow.

<1> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Medieval), 4/15 (checked) (Article). SNN30971.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.3 Site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP7581/001-2 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF VAP CPE/UK/2109,3286-7 (Photographs). SNN104890.

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Feb 3 2025 7:54PM