Monument record 4860 - Hazelborough Wood & Woodland to South of A43 (Formerly Part of Whittlewood Forest)

{2} The area of Hazelborough Wood is depicted as woodland on a map of c.1600.

{4} The area of Silverstone circuit lay within the royal forest of Whittlebury. This was a royal game reserve, divided by Henry III into sections known as 'walks'. Medieval forests had a legal meaning, being areas subject to forest law (with its own courts and officials), within which game and timber were reserved for The Crown. Forests were neither exclusively wooded nor devoid of settlement, although forest legislation would have protected much of the land and limited the growth of settlement to some extent.

{7} Hazelborough Wood charcoal spread - without associated finds but probably medieval or earlier.

<1> MUDD A., 2002, A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design, 2002, p.9 (unchecked) (Report). SNN103239.

<2> CHAPMAN A.; SHAW M., 1996, A43 Silverstone Bypass Archaeological Desk Top Assessment, October 1996, p.3 (checked) (Report). SNN63076.

<3> Mudd A.; Burgess C., 2001, A43 Towcester To M40 Dualling Project, Soil Disposal And Landscaping Areas: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, (part checked) (Report). SNN100863.

<4> Sims M., 2013, Silverstone University Training College, Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Strip and Map Report, p.4 (checked) (Report). SNN109177.

<5> Hall D.N., 2000, The Historic Landscape of Whittlewood Forest: Historic Landscape Mapping, (unchecked) (Report). SNN102634.

<6> Hall D.N., 2000, Forest Enterprise Woodlands In Northamptonshire: Whittlewood Forest And Other Woods, Archaeological Survey, Part 3, (unchecked) (Report). SNN100485.

<7> Hall D.N., 2001, Northamptonshire Woodland Survey Archive, (part checked) (Digital archive). SNN109590.

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Jun 30 2021 10:26AM