Monument record 5046/0/2 - Medieval/Post Medieval Closes & Associated Features

{1} Earthworks of the shrunken village of Great Houghton. On the east side of the street were five embanked closes with traces of former buildings. One close contained a large circular mound. They were separated from the ridge and furrow by a broad hollow way. The earthworks have been destroyed by modern playing fields. The remains were devoid of buildings before the mid 19th century.

{4} Other earthworks are present with the south western corner of the field which is otherwise occupied by ridge and furrow.

{6} Housing development in the 1960s and 1970s obscured the precise extent and nature of any village earthworks except to the north east where there were in 1972 still a few uneven areas of probable house platforms and a fine sunken road (the East Street as mapped in the C17th). These are almost certainly medieval in origin.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.84/Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.298/Site 10 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<3> 1973, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter, 3/32 (checked) (Journal). SNN26216.

<4> Cadman G., 2000, Note for SMR: Great Houghton, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN100677.

<5> 1839, Great Houghton Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN26219.

<6> HALL D.N., 1979, Great Houghton Parish Survey, 14/81 (checked) (Article). SNN75862.

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May 31 2011 12:43PM