Monument record 4285/0/1 - Possible late medieval farmstead, Mawsley

Earthworks of a small rectangular enclosure associated with 16th-17th century pottery. Roman pottery and flue tile have also been found at this site.

{2} Deserted Farmstead (SP 79867646; Fig. 98), in the N. part of Mawsley Wood, on Boulder Clay at 450 m. above OD. A small rectangular enclosure, bounded by a low bank only 0.25 m. high, is just visible in dense undergrowth. Within it is a large amount of 16th and 17th-century pottery as well as 17th and 18th-century brick, tile and building stone. It is perhaps the site of a late medieval farmstead which lay within the former land of the deserted village of Mawsley.

{3}Roman Settlement (?) (SP 79867647), within Mawsley Wood, in the W. of the parish, on Boulder Clay at 137 m. above OD. Roman pottery and a piece of flue tile were found here in 1960, and more pottery was discovered in 1969.

Sherds of Roman pottery and fragment of relief paterned flue-tile found in 1960. Now in Westfield Museum.

{4} Fragmentary grey ware from this site is held by Westfield Museum, Kettering. At the indicated site are traces of a rectangular earthwork with rounded corners. It is, at the moment, under heavy growth. Classification is not possible and winter investigation is necessary. Within the earthwork is a heavy scatter of late Md/early modern brick, tile and building stone, and late Md pottery (of a rough nature), and a few Roman sherds were picked up. The site indicates a former building (?late Md) with probable earlier occupation.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP77NE6 (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.106/Sites 4+8 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 105/Site 4 (Series). SNN77380.

<4> Colquhoun, FD, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 FDC 06-MAY-1969 (Notes). SNN112950.

<5> Annotated Record Map, Corr 6" udtd (F V Lyall) (Map). SNN112961.

Record last edited

Feb 28 2023 1:56PM