Monument record 3272/0/34 - Post-medieval brickfield, north of Easton Lane

A probable post-medieval clay extraction site is visible as earthworks on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data. Located in part of a field adjacent Easton Lane, Bozeat, the probable extraction site is almost entirely covered in irregular scoops and ridges from the clay extraction. The extraction appears to have taken place in a block medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, part of which remains extant. The irregular earthworks appear to be grassed over, suggesting clay extraction ceased some time prior to 1946. No evidence of clay extraction or a brickfield appears on any editions of OS map.

{1-4} A probable post-medieval clay extraction site is visible as earthworks on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data and was mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project. Located in part of a field adjacent Eastern Lane, Bozeat and centred at SP 90243 59011, the probable extraction site is 3,400 square metres in area and is almost entirely covered in irregular scoops and ridges from the clay extraction. The extraction appears to have taken place in a block medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, part of which remains extant. The irregular earthworks appear to be grassed over, suggesting clay extraction ceased some time prior to 1946. No evidence of clay extraction or a brickfield appears on any editions of OS map.

<1> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/118 RVp1 6074 03-APR-1946 (Photographs). SNN104890.

<2> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF/541/341 RP 3138 15-AUG-1949 (Photographs). SNN104890.

<3> Environment Agency, LIDAR Composite DTM - 1m, LIDAR SP 9059 Environment Agency 1m DTM NOV-2003–NOV-2012 (Digital Plots). SNN111710.

<4> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), Epoch 1 Ordnance Survey 1:2500 scale map Northamptonshire 1885 (Map). SNN112944.

<5> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, Aerial Survey Record. Material held by Aerial Survey (Archive). SNN113023.

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Feb 4 2025 8:38PM