Monument record M3072 - SHRUNKEN VILLAGE AT HOCKERTON

Summary

SHRUNKEN VILLAGE? (Medieval)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 71762 56178 (278m by 400m)
Map sheet SK75NW
District Newark
Civil Parish Hockerton, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

There are some irregular banks and ditches just east of the village. They resemble those at Crow Field, Bingham and Whimpton Moor, Ragnall and are probably traces of Med village buildings. (1)
Mounds in a field on the W side of the road to Upton, near farm buildings at the S end of Hockerton, and at right angles to Long Gulley, are possibly crofts of the Med village. (2)
At SK 717562, Faint traces of a possible sunken way and banks running SW. (3)
An old road running NW-SE has small quarries on both sides. Along the NE side next to the main road are traces of what may be building sites. Possible village contraction. (4)
Med pottery was picked up on the site on 28/02/1991 - c 20 sherds including shelly ware and green glaze. The site was ploughed for the first time in 1988 and is now out of cultivation again. (5)
Earthworks. (6)


Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

3 BW prints, CPE/UK2009/3407, 3408, 3409

<1> Thoroton Society, 1939, TTS, p 10 (Published document). SNT356.

<2> EMAB eds, 1963, East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, p 18 (Published document). SNT157.

<3> OS, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT983.

Other Refs: 67/208 180-1

<4> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.

<5> Bishop M, 1991, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT492.

<6> RAF, 1947, Air photographs (Aerial photograph). SNT2001.

Other Refs: CPE/UK2009/3407, 3408, 3409

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1939. TTS. 43. p 10.
  • <2> Published document: EMAB eds. 1963. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin. 6. p 18.
  • <3> Aerial photograph: OS. Air photos.
  • <4> Personal comment: Seaman BH. 1974. Pers Comm.
  • <5> Personal comment: Bishop M. 1991. Pers Comm.
  • <6> Aerial photograph: RAF. 1947. Air photographs.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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