Monument record 2131/0/1 - Probable Medieval/Post Medieval Closes With Building Platforms

Probable remains of medieval settlement. Series of rectangular closes bounded by low banks. Two building platforms. Suggested as the site of a DMV.

{1} The site consists of a series of rectangular closes bounded by low banks, with at least two former building platforms cut back into the hillside at their lower ends. The remains have been much damaged by a C19th ironstone tramway which has been cut across the site. The field in which the earthworks lie was known as Cotton Closes in the mid C17th, and at this time stood some distance from Cogenhoe village centre.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.22 Site 14 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1975, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974, page 175 (Report). SNN41605.

<3> Hall D.N.; Martin P., 1978, C.B.A. Group 9 Newsletter: Northamptonshire Parish Surveys (Article). SNN32353.

<4> 1630, Map of Cogenhoe (Map). SNN22696.

Record last edited

Mar 8 2024 12:46PM