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{1}EWK; DMV MILL COTTON; FRAG REMAINS RESULT OF RAILWAY & GRAVELDIGGING & PLOUGHING;VILLAGE CENTRED ON RECT GREEN BETWEEN MILLHOUSE & RAILWAY CROSSING; PLAN

NCCAP:9674/030

{5} DISCOVERED 1963 BY A.E.ROLLINGS;LEVELLED SOON AFTER;CROFTS+HOUSE SITES;SSP974746 OS QUOTE REF 6;AMORPHOUS REMAINS;NOT SURVEYABLE

{4}MEDIUM QUALITY;PLOUGHED;LEVELLED 1964

{1}DOC;DMV MILL COTTON;VARIOUSLY NOTED AS MILL OR PARVA OR LITTLE COTTON;TRACED FROM C12TH;LARGELY ABANDONED BY EARLY C18TH 1840 TITHE & ENCL MAPS SHOW MILL&MILLHOUSE&FARM&COTTAGE;MILL&HOUSE REMAIN;PLAN:(1);
CENTRED ON RECT.GREEN;(1);
EXTANT 1086 TO C16AD;1496 WORTH 6POUNDS; SOLD 1535 TO SIR M.FITZWILLIAM;(4);
FINDS;LIMESTONE RUBBLE+COBBLES & MED POT SHERDS;<REFDUMP PRN1401>;PLAN:(1);

{1}Concentration of pottery to the east of Cotton Lane may represent the presence of a frontage along the southern side of the street to Ringstead. The presence of late medival pottery sherds indicates that occupation continued until at least the 15th century on the site.

{8} All artefacts recovered were found by metal detector within the topsoil.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.84/Site 8 (part checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<1> Parry S., 1993, Raunds Area Survey Report, p.126-27 (unchecked) (Draft). SNN1175.

<2> 1840, Ringstead Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN37267.

<2> Salzman L.F.(ed), 1937, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.41-42 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100371.

<3> 1840, Ringstead Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN37268.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP97SE3 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<5> Salzman L.F.(ed), 1937, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.32-33+40+42 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100371.

<6> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.190 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77326.

<7> Allison K.J.; Beresford M.W.; Hurst J.G. et al, 1966, The Deserted Villages of Northamptonshire, p.38 (checked) (Report). SNN39628.

<8> Inchley, P. R., 2004, Report on the Archaeological Watching Brief carried out at Ringstead Fishing Lakes, (unchecked) (Full Report). SNN105135.

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