Monument record 4796/0/1 - Possible C13th House Sites, north-east of Bozenham Mill

Medieval pottery and building stone has been found in association with a series of shallow depressions, probably ploughed-out house platforms.

{1} SP770484. Several ploughed platforms and C13th pottery were found in ploughsoil north-east of Bozenham Mill in 1967. [Quoted ngr likely to be incorrect based on later fieldwork and mapping.]

{2} Sites Nos 7 and 8 are in the south end of Hartwell Park within a ploughed area. There is an abundance of C13th pottery and building stone. (Site 7 also includes a baking area.)

{3} Earthworks. Large quantities of C13th pottery and limestone rubble associated with slight depressions, perhaps the sites of former house platforms, has been recorded. The site appears to be overlain by ridge and furrow.

{4} SP770484. Several ploughed platforms and C13th pottery sherds found within ploughsoil north-east of Bozenham Mill in 1967. [Quoted ngr likely to be incorrect based on later fieldwork and mapping.]

<1> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1969, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1967/68 (Medieval), p.19 (checked) (Article). SNN57956.

<2> HALL D.N., 1975, Hartwell, Northamptonshire: A Parish Survey, p.7-9 (checked) (Article). SNN28079.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.79-80 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> 1968, Journal of The Wolverton and District Archaeological Society, p.9 (checked) (Journal). SNN11928.

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