Monument record 681/1/1 - Moot Hill "Tumulus" (a.k.a. Great Low & little Low)

A suggested tumulus of which there are now no surface remains. It is likely that the mound was a spoil heap from the adjacent pond.

{1} Fieldname: Moot Hill (field to west). Field at SP691825 has the fieldname of Bridgeborough.

{2} Fieldnames: Great Low and Little Low. Field to west is Priesloe.

{3} A mound known as Moot Hill is now destroyed. It was described as a tumulus on both early and modern OS maps. It may have been a spoil heap from a nearby pond.

{4} Possibly only a spoilheap from the adjacent pond.

{6} Eyres map shows a circular feature labelled "Mount Hill".

{7} (SP 69248264) Moot Hill (Tumulus) (LB)

There are now no surface indications of this feature. The classification could not be determined but it would seen likely that the mound was a spoil heap from the adjacent pond.

<1> Undated Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN18069.

<2> 1841, Sibbertoft Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN12612.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.162 Site 10 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP68SE3 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<5> Morton J., 1712, The Natural History of Northamptonshire, p.546 (unchecked) (Book). SNN10113.

<6> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (checked) (Map). SNN1852.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1901, Second Edition OS 6 Inch Mapping Series (23NE) (Map). SNN108901.

Record last edited

Mar 6 2024 11:36AM