Monument record 9196/0/13 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Ditch & Bank, Whistley Wood

Whistley Wood has a substantial outer ditch and bank, strongly implying that it was intended to act as a park. The protective banks are likely to have first been made in the 13th century and possibly earlier. Summary from record 9196/0/14: Earthwork ditch identified during rapid survey.

{2} The wood has a very fine external rampart with an internal ditch, best preserved at the north-east, immediately south of the Forest Enterprise road entrance, and along the crooked southern boundary and at the far south-west. The bank is about 1m high nearly 6m wide. On the west, it is partly damaged by a track running in Shortgrove Wood. A ditch defines the northern boundary and has no rampart. There are no internal ramparts visible.

<1> Hall D.N., 2001, Northamptonshire Woodland Survey Archive, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN109590.

<2> Hall D.N., 2000, Forest Enterprise Woodlands In Northamptonshire: Whittlewood Forest And Other Woods, Archaeological Survey, Part 3, (unchecked) (Report). SNN100485.

<3> Hall D.N., 2000, The Historic Landscape of Whittlewood Forest: Historic Landscape Mapping, (unchecked) (Report). SNN102634.

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Sep 22 2022 1:47PM