Monument record 268 - Possible deserted medieval hamlet, south of Moreton Pinkney

Possible deserted Medieval hamlet to the South-West of Moreton Pinkney. No name can be attributed and nothing is known of the history of the site. The earthworks consist of rectangular ditched closes.

{1} Deserted hamlet (?)(SP567487) lies SW of the village on the W side of the road to Culworth, on Boulder Clay at 137 m. above OD. Nothing is known about the history of this site and no name can be attributed to it. Only excavation could establish whether it is an abandoned settlement. The earthworks lie at the SE end of a group of small paddocks and consist of a row of rectangular ditched closes lying alongside the road, with a common boundary ditch at their NW ends. Some disturbed areas within the closes may be sites of former houses.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.103/Site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF CPE/UK/1926, 1058-9 (Photographs). SNN104890.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP: SP5749/4 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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Jan 31 2025 2:29PM