Monument record 3676/0/3 - Closes and house sites at the north-east end of Cransley

Earthworks of at least five rectangular closes. In 1598 at least two of these houses still survived, each with its own close. All the closes have been overploughed with ridge and furrow.

{1} North-west (should read "east") of the present crossroads and on the north side of the hollow way of the loop road, are at least five rectangular closes, separated by low scarps and bounded on the north by a shallow ditch. At the south end of four of the closes are sunken platforms or rectangular scarps indicating the sites of former buildings. In 1598 at least two of these houses still survived, each still with its own close. Thus the house sites represent a partial abandonment of the area before the late C16th. All the closes have been overploughed with ridge and furrow which had pulled down and partly spread the division scarps.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.29/Site 8b (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Treswell R., 1598, Cransley Parish Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN103920.

<3> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire II (Central), 889991 (Archive). SNN112900.

<4> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, AP (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1925, 1229-30) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<5> Aerial Photograph, AP (CUAP AWQ 66) (Photographs). SNN112974.

Record last edited

Sep 16 2024 3:35PM