Monument record 8320/0/18 - Possible post-medieval field boundaries

Parallel ditches that may have either been relict furrows or, more likely due to their alignment, field boundaries.

{1} A series of four parallel ditches, aligned northnorth-west to south-south-east, in line with Brockhall Road. The ditches were 0.53m to 1.80m wide by 0.15m to 0.45m deep, though a number of the features were ephemeral and showed some root disturbance throughout. All of the ditches had similar fills which comprised mottled mid brown-yellow silty clay. Two of the ditches contained postmedieval
pottery.

They may have been furrows, part of a medieval or early-modern furlong. However, the alignment and irregular profile of the features coupled with the presence of much later pottery suggests that they may relate to a later agricultural process such as drainage or sub-divisions of land.

<1> Chinnock, C. & Jarvis, L., 2015, Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land at Brockhall Road, Flore, Northamptonshire, October 2015, checked (Report). SNN110325.

<2> Horne, B (editor), 2016, South Midlands Archaeology (46), p. 41 (Journal). SNN111326.

Record last edited

Jan 23 2019 3:25PM