Monument record 7780/0/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Woodland Earthworks

{1} Everdon Stubbs. Good preservation of ditches and banks which possibly partly represent the Saxon charter boundary of AD 944 (grant by King Edmund to Bishop Aelfric Brenting of 30 hides at Badby, Dodford and Everdon). Linear earthworks and a series of banked enclosures which are possibly medieval in date. Parish boundaries subsequently followed the Saxon charter boundary.

{2} The eastern part of Everdon Stubbs forms a compact block of ancient woodland defined by wood banks. In its earliest form it was defined by a bank and ditch to the north. The northern bank and ditch turned south along the west side of the block as a bank which is now only visible as a low broad ridge. The eastern boundary of the block survives as a ditch. Hollows to the north-east may have originated as agricultural terraces.

<1> Brown A.E.; Key T.R.; Orr C., 1977, Some Anglo-Saxon Estates and Their Boundaries in South-West Northamptonshire, p.157 (part checked) (Article). SNN43441.

<2> Simco A., 2002, Everdon Stubbs and Everdon Wood Northamptonshire, Section 8 (checked) (Report). SNN103235.

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Nov 8 2010 5:02PM