Find Spot record 883/0/0 - Unstratified Medieval Find Scatters (Probable Tofts)

{1} The area was abandoned by 1742.

{2} To the south of the stream and east of the main through street was a series of long rectangular paddocks bounded by shallow ditches. These have all been destroyed but stone rubble and pottery (mainly C13th and C14th) have been found at the west and north ends of some of them, indicating that they were once tofts and crofts of the village. To the north of the stream and now also destroyed were some unusual rectangular tofts and crofts extending up the hillside. These too have scatters of stone and medieval pottery at their south ends, and must be the remains of former houses and their gardens.

<1> 1742, Map of Dodford, (unchecked) (Map). SNN14474.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.72 Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

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Jan 15 2010 3:53PM