Monument record 1985/0/1 - Low Hill, east of Mears Ashby Road

Round barrow used as hundredal meeting place.

{1} Documentary evidence, medieval/post-medieval. Identified as a meeting place of the Hamfordshoe Hundred in 1565 and probably earlier; Fieldname: Low Hill, Round Hill.

{3} Barrow (?)(SP 83996537), in the S of the parish, on sand and gravel at 100 m. above OD. It is 20 m. in diam. and 1 m. high and has been spread by ploughing. The site has been identified as the meeting place of Hamfordshoe Hundred, known as Low Hill, at least as early as 1565.

{2} The meeting-place of the hundred in 1565, and probably from the earliest times, was at 'Low Hill', which has been identified by Miss Wake with a mound in Round Hill field on the borders of Mears Ashby, commanding a view of the whole country-side. By the beginning of the 18th century the hundred court had been removed to Wellingborough.

{7} Fieldwalking gathered a Bronze Age sherd.

{8} (SP 83996537) Tumulus (AT)

{9} The mound has been spread by the plough and is under a crop of potatoes. No outer ditch was traces and no surface finds made. Published survey (25") revised. Classification as in Authy 1 not proved but probably correct.

Salzmann, L F., 1937, A History of the County of Northamptonshire, p. 112 (Book). SNN110592.

<1> 1932, Fieldnames Overlay (SP86NW), (checked) (Map). SNN33460.

<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Prehistoric), p.6 (unchecked) (Article). SNN20962.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<4> Salzman L.F.(ed), 1937, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.112 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100371.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86NW1 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<6> Wetton, 1849, Guidebook to Northampton and its Vicinity, p.128 (unchecked) (Book). SNN1032.

<7> The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1853, Archaeologia (35), (unchecked) (Journal). SNN58177.

<8> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 6" 1956. (Map). SNN112944.

<9> Colquhoun, FD, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 FDC 28-AUG-70 (Notes). SNN111540.

Record last edited

Nov 28 2024 12:10PM