Monument record 27/6 - Medieval settlement remains, Chacombe

Settlement remains including hollow ways and building platforms.

{2} The village consists of two conjoined loops from which radiate several roads or tracks, some now abandoned. One track runs north down the valley side from the north-west corner of the north loop. The southern part of it is still a street, Silver Street North, with houses on its eastern side. A hollow way 15m across and up to 1.5m deep continues its line for some 100m into the valley bottom.

{4} A detailed magnetometer survey was carried out. The survey area contained earthworks relating to a manor house and other medieval settlement. The geophysical results correlated broadly with the layout of the earthworks but revealed much additional archaeological detail. Some areas of modern disturbance were also detected. A

{5} Evaluation and excavation for a graveyard extension recorded no archaeological activity.

<1> 1840, Chacombe Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN10747.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.26/Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP4943/001-5 (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> Walford, J., 2013, Archaeological Geophysical Survey of the Village Land, Chacombe, Northamptonshire December 2012, (checked) (Report). SNN108595.

<5> Chadwick. A.M., 2012, Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at the Proposed Graveyard Extension, Village Land, Chacombe, Northamptonshire June 2012 (Report). SNN108256.

<6> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 1205-7; F21 58/RAF/3963, 0010-0011) (Photographs). SNN104890.

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Jul 31 2024 12:44PM