Monument record 186 - Upper Astrop

Earthworks of village shrinkage

{2} Settlement remains Upper Astrop. The village formerly shared a land writ with Lower Astrop and was part of a dispersed local settlement pattern in the late medieval period.

{4, 6} Earthworks reported at Upper Astrop: SP 510374 by D N Hall. (Presumably representing village shrinkage)

{7} The area contains a number of low banks, but these do not form a coherent pattern and there are no surveyable remains. The fields to the east of the road contain numerous patches of nettles. No surface finds were made.

<1> Kings Sutton - The Decline of Astrop, (unchecked) (Report). SNN70285.

<2> Brown F.M.; Taylor C.C., 1978, Settlement and Land Use in Northamptonshire: A Comparison Between the Iron Age and the Middle Ages, p.77-89 (unchecked) (Article). SNN102466.

<3> South Northamptonshire Council, 2017, Astrop Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (Policy Document). SNN112050.

<4> Dyer C. (editor), 1973, Medieval Village Research Group (Vol.20/21), p. 3-6 (Annual Report). SNN60223.

<5> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 2209-10) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<6> Aerial Photograph, APs (F21 58/RAF/1567/ 0016-18 21 9 54) (Photographs). SNN112974.

<7> Allanson, C D, 1976, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 CDA 07-OCT-76 (Notes). SNN112955.

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Feb 3 2025 8:15PM