Monument record 4287/0/42 - Medieval road

{1} A narrow footpath running north and now overgrown. This represents the main medieval road running north east out of the village. The lane or foot-path continues north and opens out into a broad hollow-way running north east. At this point another broad hollow-way 1m deep running along the outside of the paddock joins it from the west. This latter hollow-way is not shown on any map. The main north east one, however, is marked on the 1746 map as the ‘Road to Mawsley Wood’. For the first 150m it is a hollow-way up to 1.75m deep with ridge and furrow on either side. Just north of its junction with the west hollow-way a third hollow-way joins it from the east but this is only traceable for a few metres although on the 1746 map it is shown as a track running down the hillside and described as ‘A Bridle Way called Kettering Path’. It seems to have crossed the ridge and furrow which still survives here though in a mutilated form.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.121 site 15 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> 1746, Map of Faxton (Possible Inclosure Map), (unchecked) (Map). SNN26677.

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Dec 6 2013 10:11AM