Monument record 1160/0/167 - Tower Close

Lies between Cow Lane, Darngate and The Old Walls

{1} Fieldname Tower Close; lies between Cow Lane, Darngate and The Old Walls.

{3} South of Derngate. About 3.5m build-up of loose soil, undated, was found. The trench did not locate the defences.

{4} No details given.

{5} Medieval pottery was recovered from layers in trenches. Limestone, brick and charcoal fragments noted. Also contained abundant animal bones. Other layers revealed post medieval pottery, fragments of clay pipe and the lead patch from a pottery vessel.

{6} A roughly constructed sandstone wall, running north-east to south-west at the junction with Spring Gardens (which appears to lay within the area of Tower Close). Proved to be part of a post-medieval cellar.

Northampton Development Corporation Archaeology Unit, 1978, Derngate trial trench (M185) (Archive). SNN116742.

<1> Noble; Butlin, 1746, Town Map, (checked) (Map). SNN430.

<2> 1807, Town Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN56924.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.385 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<4> Williams J.H.; Shaw M.; Hardy S., 1978-1984, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Secondary Record Sheets, M185 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN108.

<5> Shaw, M.; Steadman, S. & Webster, M., 1992, Northampton High School for Girls, Derngate Archaeological Evaluation: Stage 2 - Fieldwork, p.12 (checked) (Report). SNN108734.

<6> Moore W.R.G.; Giggins B.L., 1977, Fieldwork in Northampton, 1975, p.200 (checked) (Article). SNN2942.

<7> WELSH T.C., 1999, Correspondence, (unchecked) (Correspondence). SNN59460.

<8> Hiller J. Hardy A. Blinkhorn P., 2001, Excavations at Derngate Northampton 1997-2000 Draft Publication Report, p.5-6 (unchecked) (Report). SNN103078.

<9> Parry S.; Shaw M., 1996, Former High School for Girls, Derngate, Northampton: Archaeological Recording Action, Stage 1, (unchecked) (Report). SNN62030.

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Feb 13 2025 1:14PM