Monument record 4639/2/2 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval manorial earthworks, Milton Malsor

Earthworks of closes, moat and pond lie in a small pasture field and are perhaps associated with the adjacent manor house

{1} Closes, Moat and Pond (SP 735554), lie immediately N. and N.E. of the manor house, on gravel at 79 m. above OD. A small pasture field sloping E. to a stream has a number of scarps and shallow ditches within it, perhaps the boundaries of former closes. At the E. end, near the stream, is a rectangular embanked pond. A flat island, 40 m. square, surrounded by a broad ditch 10 m. wide and 1.5 m. deep, at the N. edge of the site, may be a moat. The remains are perhaps associated with the adjacent manor house.

{2} In 1974 a moated site was recorded on AP at this location (SP 735555).

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.102 Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1975, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974: Air Photography, p.174 (Report). SNN107256.

<3> RAF VAP, CPE/UK/1926, 5027–9; FSL6565, 1798–1800 (Photographs). SNN48198.

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Mar 25 2020 10:41AM