Monument record 4177/0/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval settlement earthworks, Ashley

Slight earthworks of former settlement lie in Town Close in the south east part of the village. A large embanked enclosure is the most prominemt feature but appears to be more recent than the other remains.

{1} Settlement remains of (SP 797908) formerly part of Ashley, lie in the SE part of the village between Green Lane and a small stream which flows along the N side. The area is called Town Close (local information). The earthworks are, in the main, very slight, being nowhere more than 0.5m high. The most prominent feature is a large embanked enclosure in the NE corner of the field, but this appears to be more recent than the other remains. The latter consist of low scarps and banks, forming no coherent pattern, but which may be the remains of closes formerly extending down the valley side to the stream. The rectangular feature near the W end of the site is bounded
by grassed-over limestone rubble walling.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.1/Site 2 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1974, Archaeology In Northamptonshire 1973, 9/114 (Article). SNN9109.

Record last edited

May 2 2024 3:14PM