Monument record 2660/1/1 - Possible medieval moat, Hall Close

Possible Medieval moated site. Allegedly a hunting lodge. Foundations of a building and pottery were found by workmen during the development of the site in 1935-6.

{1} The medieval moat of a possible hunting lodge, but little other evidence for this interpretation. A mound standing a few feet higher than the rest of the field is enclosed by a ditch. There are also the massive foundations of a building. Fieldname: Hall Close.

{2} Possible moat and occupation site, found in the north-west. Part of the village, probably in 1935–6, during building development. 'A mound standing a few feet higher than the rest of the field and surrounded by a shallow declivity which had the appearance of a one-time moat' was dug into. Finds included glazed pottery and massive foundations of a building.

{3} Miss Beaver could add nothing further to the above information save that the houses were erected 1935-6. Nor could she supply the date of the newspaper article.

{4} Site of Md. building? SP 92268970.
When houses were built in a Field named Hall Close, remains of an extensive building were found.

Workmen made the discovery when they excavated a mound standing a few feet higher then the rest of the Field and surrounded by a shallow declivity which had the appearance of a one time moat.

Finds included glazed and red ware, fragments of a jar of considerable size, and the well-built massive foundations of the building. The article [Kettering Leader] goes on to suggest that the
building formed a part of a Md. hunting manor and refers to "Hunters Manor" held in Little Weldon by the Master of the Royal Buckhounds. No evidence is produced to connect this building with Hunters Manor however.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP98NW22 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.164 site 5 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Seaman, B H, 1961, Field investigators comments, F1 BHS 25-AUG-61 (Notes). SNN112887.

<4> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), Corr. 6" (M. Seaborne 1961) (Map). SNN112944.

<4b> WISE G., ROCKINGHAM CASTLE AND THE WATSONS, 178+9 (Uncertain). SNN59117.

<4a> Undated, Kettering Leader (Newspaper cuttings). SNN113228.

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