Monument record 4760/1/2 - Medieval & Post Medieval Manorial Boundary

{2} Manor house and associated earthworks lie within a large rectangular area bounded to the north by Pury End Road, to the east by Church Lane and to the west by a double scarp or terraceway which runs south from Pury Lane along the valley side and down to a small stream. Beyond the stream the southern boundary continues as a well marked bank with ditches on each side, extending eastwards to a point just west of The Green.
In 1972 a trial excavation was carried out across the terraceway; two deeply cut V-shaped ditches were discovered. The upper ditch contained medieval pottery but the lower contained Roman pottery.

{3} Manorial earthworks and enclosure ramparts.

{4} Possible Roman settlement (about SP 713455). A trial trench across the site revealed a V-shaped ditch containing Roman coarse wares and a fragment of a mortarium.

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1973, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1972, 8/21 (checked) (Journal). SNN8956.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.113-115/Site 13 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1974, Archaeology In Northamptonshire 1973, 9/107 (checked) (Article). SNN9109.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.112 site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<5> HALL D.N., 1973, Paulerspury survey 1973, 3/67 (checked) (Article). SNN77045.

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