Find Spot record 1742/0/0 - Unstratified Medieval Pottery & Building Stone

{1} The remains lie each side of an old lane running north-south, which widens out at the southern end. The land to the east of the lane is now under arable cultivation and ploughing has produced an area of stone and building rubble associated with medieval pottery.

{2} Building and foundation 3ft deep; 13th-14th century pot sherds [NB.this description might refer to pipeline development rarther than Hall's fieldwlaking.].

{3} To the east of Cotton Lane long-term ploughing has levelled the earthworks, although their former presence was indicated by stone and pottery scatters.

{4} A third complex of buildings in the ploughed field to the east was indicated by an area of building rubble associated with medieval pottery (marked 'H' on Fig.1.4).

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.83 Site 20 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Hall D.N., 1972, Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal (Vol.7), p.15 Site 2 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN105868.

<3> Parry S. et al, 2006, Raunds Area Survey: An Archaeological Study of The Landscape of Raunds, Northamptonshire 1985-94, p.172 (checked) (Book). SNN105780.

<4> Chapman A., 2011, West Cotton, Raunds: A Study of Medieval Settlement Dynamics AD450 - 1450 (Excavation of a Deserted Medieval Hamlet in Northamptonshire, 1985-89), p.5 (checked) (Book). SNN107508.

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