Monument record 1223/0/8 - Possible Stone Quarries

Possible Medieval stone quarries. The quarrying is clearly later than an area of ridge and furrow.

{1} Stone Quarries (?)(SP 761433) lie on the N side of the valley immediately NW of the church, on rocks of the Upper Estuarine Series, at 90 m. above OD. An expanse of what appears to be ancient stone-quarrying covers the side of the hill. At the E end quarrying has cut through the pre-existing ridge-and-furrow. A few sherds of medieval pottery have been found on the quarried areas. The proximity of the medieval kilns may be of significance in the interpretation of these earthworks. The area lay within the old enclosure around the village in 1776. (Air photographs in NMR) (1)

{2} The quarries lie within an old enclosure shown around the village in 1776.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.120/Site 16 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> 1776, Potterspury Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN19374.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 2244-5 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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Feb 20 2024 10:26AM