Monument record 479/1/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Pillow Mound Within Ridge & Furrow, Fawsley Park

Pillow mound in Fawsley Park. It is orientated north-south and comprises a flat-topped rectangular mound 18 metres long and up to 0.5 metres high. A shallow ditch 3 metres wide extends along the east and south sides. The mound lies on top of ridge-and-furrow with which it is aligned, and immediately south of a large bank which marks the edge of an old track.

{1} Pillow Mound (SP 57005700), lies on ground sloping gently S on clay at 140m above OD. It consists of a flat-topped rectangular mound 18m long m. wide and just under 0.5m high, orientated N-S. A shallow ditch 3m across runs along the E and S sides. The mound lies on top of ridge-and-furrow with which it is aligned, and immediately S of a large bank which marks the edge of an old track. Plan.

[SMR note 13/08/2009: location and aerial photography suggests that the plan orientation and therefore the description is wrong. Possibly east-west orientated.]

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.91+Fig.71 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire I (North-East), 889518 (Archive). SNN113295.

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Sep 12 2022 2:15PM