Monument record 3136/0/4 - Watery Lane

{2} Hollow way - 'Watery Lane' as shown on 1756 Plan. Some modern disturbances (drains) present. In field to south of farm buildings, present as prominent linear cut. Nature of current cut suggests some recent enlargement and disfiguration - possibly as result of use by ironstone industry post 1925.

{4} Towards the northern field boundary, the hollow-way marking a route to Chester-on-the-Water survives in earthwork. Within this, a ferrous pipeline leading to the modern reservoir produced a chain of intense positive and negative anomalies which have obscured any earlier features in the area (Fig 7).

<1> CADMAN G.E., 1990, Irchester: field survey notes November 1990, (part checked) (Unpublished Report). SNN55223.

<2> Cowper, T., 1756, Chester on the Water, (unchecked) (Map). SNN105156.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1925, OS 25 Inch Map (Third Edition), (unchecked) (Map). SNN64940.

<4> Butler A.; Meadows I.; Fisher I., 2010, Archaeological Geophysical Survey at Chester Farm, Irchester, Northamptonshire, p.11+Fig.7 (checked) (Report). SNN107215.

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Sep 12 2014 4:05PM