Monument record 4392/5 - Probable medieval/post-medieval settlement remains, north-west of Lamport Hall

Fragmentary earthwork remains over a large area of land comprising two hollow ways with an enclosure in between. Other, indeterminate, earthworks have also been recorded.

{1} Visit of 12/06/1986; in good condition but not suitable for display.

{2} The surviving remains are very fragmentary and difficult to interpret. At the W. end of the village and N. of the present houses there is a large area of land covered with earthworks including a hollow-way ('a' on plan) which appears to have led off the existing road to Market Harborough but is blocked at the N. by a later scarp; another hollow-way ('b' on plan) extends up the valley towards the village. Between these two hollow-ways lies a small enclosure ('c' on plan), bounded on the N. and W. by a low bank and external ditch and set inside a large enclosure edged by low scarps. To the N. are other indeterminate earthworks. Plan.

{3} NCCAP:SP7574/005.

<1> FOARD G.R., 1986, Oral Report to SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN50983.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.115-7 Site 8 & Fig 91 (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN104822.

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May 28 2020 12:15PM