Monument record 1742/0/10 - Possible Medieval Building(s)

{1} At SP97677243 a limestone wall footing was revealed within a pipe trench. Pits and ditches extended for some way up to SP97757254. Sherds recovered were from the C12th to the early C14th. Posisbly the site of West Cotton or Wylwencotes, hitherto unlocated.

{2} Building and foundation 3ft deep; 13th-14th century pot sherds.

{3} A pipe line trench cutting across the area revealed limestone wall footings with pottery of the C12th to early C13th.

{4} A limestone wall footing together with pottery dating to the C12th to C14th. (Marked 'J' on Fig.1.4)

<1> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Medieval), p.28 (checked) (Article). SNN26725.

<2> Hall D.N., 1972, Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal (Vol.7), p.15 Site 2 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN105868.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.83 Site 20 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<4> Chapman A., 2011, West Cotton, Raunds: A Study of Medieval Settlement Dynamics AD450 - 1450 (Excavation of a Deserted Medieval Hamlet in Northamptonshire, 1985-89), p.5 (part checked) (Book). SNN107508.

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