Monument record 1229/2 - Old Tun Copse

Area of medieval woodland with earthworks of boundary bank and ditch. Part of Whittlewood Forest

{1} Old Tun Copse is now greatly reduced in size; made up of a surviving western and eastern block, separated by a recently cleared central section. Parts of the medieval coppice bank and ditch survive along the current northern boundary of the eastern block. In the western block the continuation of this feature appears within the current woodland, starting at SP 711 435 running east-north-east in a shallow curve before joining the current boundary at SP 714 436. Two internal alignments can be identified running through the eastern block of woodland and into the parkland to the west. Both run follow a roughly NW-SE orientation. The most eastern is bound by small banks,c10m apart, with shallow internal ditches. The western alignment, best preserved within the woodland at SP716433, appears to be more significant and is made up of two parallel banks with a shallow ditch. These alignments appear to be on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map and the westernmost on the 1610 Whittlewood Map.

<1> Jones, RLC, 2001, An archaeological survey of woodland on the Wakefield Lodge Estate, Northamptonshire, March 2001, p. 9 (Report). SNN111620.

<2> Collier; Baker;, c1600, Map of Whittlewood Forest (NRO Map 4210) (Map). SNN105610.

<3> , 1887, First Edition OS Mapping (Map). SNN1004.

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Feb 25 2025 8:08PM