Appendix 9 - Northampton Borough Council

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Appendix 9 - Northampton Borough Council
University of Northampton – Park Campus
Northampton
Northamptonshire
Appendix 9.A - Heritage Desk-Based Assessment
for
The University of Northampton
CA Project: 660165
CA Report: 14027
April 2014
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University of Northampton – Park Campus
Northampton
Northamptonshire
Heritage Desk-Based Assessment
CA Project: 660165
CA Report: 14027
prepared by
date
checked by
date
approved by
Meg Tudor, Assistant Heritage Consultant
April 2014
Duncan Coe, Senior Heritage Consultant
April 2014
Duncan Coe, Senior Heritage Consultant
signed
date
April 2014
issue
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CONTENTS
SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 2
1.
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 3
2.
METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 4
3.
PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT ......................................................................... 7
4.
OVERVIEW OF THE HERITAGE RESOURCE .................................................. 10
5.
SETTINGS ASSESSMENT ................................................................................ 18
6.
CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................. 19
7.
REFERENCES................................................................................................... 21
APPENDIX A: GAZETTEER OF RECORDED HERITAGE ASSETS AND OTHER
ELEMENTS OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT .......................................................... 23
APPENDIX B: EXTRACT FROM THE HEDGEROWS REGULATIONS 1997 ................. 27
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Fig. 1
Site location plan
Fig. 2
Known heritage assets within 1km study area
Fig. 3
Extract from First Edition OS map of 1885
Fig. 4
Extract from Second Edition OS map of 1900 showing location of ha-ha (green)
identified on walkover survey (Fig. 6)
Fig. 5
Aerial photograph of 1956 showing location of ha-ha (green) identified on walkover
survey (Fig. 6)
Fig. 6
Ha-ha wall identified within site (view west)
Fig. 7
View west towards building located on historic mapping of Moulton Park
Fig. 8
View south-east across site towards university buildings from main car park
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SUMMARY
Project Name:
University of Northampton – Park Campus
Location:
Northampton, Northamptonshire
NGR:
SP 76333 64427
In January 2014 Cotswold Archaeology was commissioned by The University of
Northampton, to carry out a Heritage Desk-Based Assessment of land at the Park Campus
Northampton. The objective of the assessment was to identify the nature and extent of the
heritage resource both within the site and its immediate environs.
There are five previously recorded heritage assets located within the proposed development
site. These consist of Moulton Park and its boundary, the West Lodge of Moulton Park (later
the site of Moulton Park House), two World War II military sites associated with Boughton
Green Road, and an undated ring ditch (a possible prehistoric burial site), although the
evidence for this is unclear and no trace of it is recorded on aerial photographs, historic
mapping, or during the walkover survey. Because the site was converted from the park to a
university campus at the end of the 20th century, any remains of the military sites, undated
ring ditch, and West Lodge are likely to have been destroyed. However, the park’s boundary
wall is still defined by the boundary of the university campus and despite later additions and
upgrading, aspects of the boundary wall may date to the 19th century and earlier.
During the walkover survey, a ha-ha was noted within the landscaping of the university
campus which ran along the same alignment as the garden boundary of Moulton Park
House, shown on historic mapping and aerial photographs. Therefore, this feature is likely to
date to the late 19th century. An entrance lodge, probably also of 19th century date, and
trees within the site were also noted during the walkover survey as surviving historical
components of Moulton Park.
Potential effects of the proposed development upon the settings of designated heritage
assets within the study area have also been assessed. No adverse effect upon any of the
Listed Buildings within the study area or the Scheduled Monument, the Church of St John
the Baptist, to the north, will be expected as a result of the development.
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INTRODUCTION
Outline
1.1
In January 2014 Cotswold Archaeology was commissioned by The University of
Northampton to carry out a Heritage Desk-Based Assessment of land at the Park
Campus, Northampton (centred on NGR: SP 76333 64427; Fig. 1). The site is
proposed for residential development.
Location and landscape context
1.2
The proposed development site (henceforth called ‘the site’) is approximately
22.6ha in size and is located c.3.8km north of the centre of Northampton (Fig. 1).
The site comprises a university campus including teaching buildings, administration
buildings, residential buildings, shops, car parks, playing fields, roads and footpaths
(Fig. 9).
1.3
The site is located at a height of c.130m AOD, although the southern border slopes
downhill to a height of c.125m AOD. The village of Kingsthorpe is located west and
south-west of the site, a nature reserve to the south, agricultural land and
residential estates of Spinney Hill to the east, and Moulton Park Industrial Estate to
the north-east. Further residential blocks of Northampton University Park Campus
are located north of the site.
Scope
1.4
The assessment focuses upon the heritage resource of the site itself, as well as a
minimum 1km ‘buffer’ around the site boundary, referred to as the ‘study area’ (Fig.
2).
1.5
The main objectives of the desk-based assessment are:
•
to identify designated archaeological assets within the site and the study area;
•
to gather information on non-designated recorded archaeological assets;
•
where sufficient information allows, to assess the significance of the buried
archaeology present;.
•
where possible, to assess the impact of the proposed development on the
significance of the buried archaeology present; and
•
assess the impact of the proposed development on designated heritage
assets within the study area.
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Summary of development proposals
1.6
The proposed development is a conversion from a university campus to residential
buildings.
2.
METHODOLOGY
Desk-based assessment
2.1
The methodology is based on the guidance provided in the Institute for
Archaeologists ‘Standards and Guidance for Historic Environment Desk-Based
Assessment’ (2012).
2.2
This desk-based assessment has considered a minimum 1km buffer study area
centred on the site (Fig. 2). The size of the study area ensured that data sources
provided sufficient information about the site and its surrounding landscape from
which to assess known and potential impacts on the archaeological resource.
2.3
Known heritage assets within the study area are reported in Section 4. A gazetteer
of known heritage assets in the study area has been compiled (Appendix A). All
assets are referred to in the text by a unique reference number (1), etc... The
locations of these assets can be seen on Fig. 2.
2.4
The
desk-based
assessment
involved
consultation
of
readily
available
archaeological and historical information from documentary and cartographic
sources. The major repositories of information consulted comprised:
English Heritage National Heritage List
•
World Heritage Sites
•
Scheduled Monuments
•
Listed buildings
•
Registered Parks and Gardens
•
Registered Battlefields
Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record (OHER)
•
Database of known archaeological sites, findspots, historic buildings and
previous archaeological works; and
•
Published and unpublished documentary sources (including development
control site reports).
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Northamptonshire Record Office
•
Historic maps and documentary sources
English Heritage Archives
•
AMIE (Archives and Monuments Information, England) data including known
archaeological sites, findspots and previous archaeological works; and
•
Aerial photography collections.
Online sources
•
Including the British Geological Survey (BGS) Geology of Britain Viewer and
Local Plan information.
2.5
A site visit was undertaken on 29th January 2014 to identify any visible potential
archaeological assets not recorded by the desk-based sources and to more fully
understand the potential constraints, if any, to the proposed development.
Heritage asset significance
2.6
As described below, the significance of a heritage asset is defined in NPPF as the
value of a heritage asset to this and future generations because of its heritage
interest. The assessment of significance within this report has been undertaken in
accordance with the policies and guidance contained in Conservation Principles
(EH 2008). The significance of a heritage asset (termed ‘place’ within Conservation
Principles) is defined with reference to four areas of value:
•
Evidential value, derived from “the potential of a place to yield evidence about
past human activity” (English Heritage 2008, 28) and primarily associated with
physical remains or historic fabric;
•
Historical value, derived from “the ways in which past people, events and
aspects of life can be connected through a place to the present” (ibid 28). This
can derive from particular aspects of past ways of life. Illustrative historical value
provides a direct (often visual) link between past and present people, while
associative historical value provides an association with notable families,
persons, events or movements.
•
Aesthetic value, derived from sensory and intellectual stimulation and including
design value, i.e. “aesthetic qualities generated by the conscious design of a
building, structure or landscape as a whole” (ibid 30). It may include its physical
form, and how it lies within its setting. It may be the result of design, or an
unplanned outcome of a process of events; and
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Communal value, derived from “the meanings of a place for the people who
relate to it”. Communal value derives from the meanings that an historic asset
has for the people who relate to it, or for whom it’s in their collective experience
or memory. It may be commemorative or symbolic, such as meaning for identity
or collective memory (ibid 31).
2.7
The significance of a heritage asset is typically derived from a combination of some
or all of these values, and the setting of a heritage asset can contribute to, or
detract from, any of these four values (EH 2011, 32). Within the settings
assessment below (Section 5), the contribution setting makes to the significance of
the asset is specifically discussed in terms of how it contributes to, or assists in the
ability to appreciate, these four forms of value.
The Setting of Heritage Assets
2.8
The English Heritage document The Setting of Heritage Assets (2011) provides
guidance on setting and development management, including assessing the
implications of development proposals. A five-step approach is recommended for
the latter, of which this report contains steps 1, 2 and 3. The first step of which is to
identify the heritage assets affected and their settings. Step 2 is to assess whether,
how and to what degree these settings make a positive contribution to the
significance of the heritage asset(s), i.e. ‘what matters and why’. This includes a
consideration of the key attributes of the heritage asset itself, then considers:
•
the physical surroundings of the asset, including its relationship with other
heritage assets;
2.9
•
the way the asset is appreciated; and
•
the asset’s associations and patterns of use.
The third step (where appropriate) is to assess the effect of the proposed
development on the significance of assets through the consideration of the key
attributes of the proposed development in terms of its:
2.10
•
location and siting;
•
form and appearance;
•
additional effects; and
•
permanence.
The fourth step is to maximise enhancement and minimise harm, which may be
achieved through:
•
removing or re-modelling an intrusive building or features;
•
replacement of a detrimental feature by a new and more harmonious one;
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restoring or revealing lost historic features;
•
introducing a wholly new feature that adds to the public appreciation of the
asset;
•
introducing new views (including glimpses or better framed views) that add to
the public experience of the asset; or
•
improving public access to, or interpretation of, the asset including its setting.
2.11
Step five is making and documenting the decision and monitoring outcomes.
3.
PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT
Legislative framework, national planning policy and relevant sector guidance
3.1
The assessment is written within the following legislative, planning policy and
guidance context:
•
National Heritage Act 1983 (amended 2002);
•
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act (1990);
•
National Planning Policy Framework (2012);
•
English Heritage Conservation Principles: policies and guidance for the
sustainable management of the historic environment (2008);
•
Planning Practice Guidance: Conserving and enhancing the historic
environment (2014);
•
The Setting of Heritage Assets: English Heritage Guidance (2011).
National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)(2012)
3.2
The NPPF sets out national planning policy relating to the conservation and
enhancement of the historic environment. It defines the historic environment as ‘all
aspects of the environment resulting from the interaction between people and places
through time, including all surviving physical remains of past human activity, whether
visible, buried or submerged, and landscaped and planted or managed flora.’
3.3
Individual aspects of the historic environment are considered heritage assets:
‘buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas or landscapes identified as having a
degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions, because of their
heritage interest.’
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Heritage assets include designated sites and non-designated sites, and policies
within the NPPF relate to both the treatment of assets themselves and of their
settings, both of which are a material consideration in development decision making.
3.5
Key tenets of the NPPF are that:
•
when considering the impact of a proposed development on the
significance of a designated heritage asset, great weight should be given
to the asset’s conservation. The more important the asset, the greater the
weight should be;
•
significance can be harmed or lost through alteration or destruction of the
heritage asset or development within its setting. As heritage assets are
irreplaceable, any harm or loss should require clear and convincing
justification. Substantial harm to or loss of a grade II listed building, park or
garden should be exceptional. Substantial harm to or loss of designated
heritage assets of the highest significance, notably scheduled monuments,
protected wreck sites, battlefields, grade I and II* listed buildings, grade I
and II* registered parks and gardens, and World Heritage Sites, should be
wholly exceptional;
•
where a proposed development will lead to less than substantial harm to
the significance of a designated heritage asset, this harm should be
weighed against the public benefits of the proposal; and
•
with regard to non-designated heritage assets a balanced judgement will
be required having due regard to the scale of any harm or loss and to the
significance of the heritage asset affected.
3.6
Local planning authorities are urged to request applicants to describe the
significance of any heritage assets affected by a proposed development, including
any contribution made by their setting. The level of detail required in the assessment
should be ‘proportionate to the assets’ importance and no more than is sufficient to
understand the potential impact of the proposal on their significance.’
Local planning policy
3.7
The local planning policy is outlines in the West Northamptonshire Joint Core
Strategy Pre-Submission (February 2011). Modifications have been made to this
document prior to its submission to the Secretary of State for examination in 2013.
The relevant (modified) saved policies relating to the historic environment are:
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Policy BN5 – The Historic Environment and Landscape
‘Designated and Non-Designated heritage assets and their settings and landscapes
will be conserved and enhanced in recognition of their individual and cumulative
significance and contribution to West Northamptonshire’s local distinctiveness and
sense of place.
In environments where valued heritage assets are at risk, the asset and its setting
will be appropriately conserved and managed. In order to secure and enhance the
significance of the area’s heritage assets and their settings and landscapes,
development in areas of landscape sensitivity and/or known historic or heritage
significance will be required to:
-
Sustain and enhance the heritage and landscape features which contribute to
the character of the area including:
o
Conservation Areas;
o
Significant historic landscapes including historic parkland, battlefields and
ridge and furrow;
-
o
The skyline and landscape setting of towns and villages;
o
Sites of known or potential heritage or historic significance;
o
Locally and nationally important buildings, structures;
Demonstrate
and
appreciation
and
understanding
of
development
on
surrounding heritage assets and their setting; and
-
Be sympathetic to locally distinctive landscape features, design styles and
materials in order to contribute to a sense of place.
The retention and sensitive re-use of disused or underused historic assets and
structures is encouraged in order to retain and reflect the distinctiveness of the
environment, contribute to the sense of place and promote the sustainable and
prudent use of natural resources;
Proposals to sustain and enhance the area’s understanding of heritage assets, for
tourism and historic interest as part of cultural, leisure and green networks will be
supported.’
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OVERVIEW OF THE HERITAGE RESOURCE
4.1
This section provides an overview of the historical and archaeological background of
the study area and the region surrounding it in order to provide a better
understanding of the context and significance of the heritage resource that may be
affected by development. This assessment also determines the significance of any
affected archaeological sites (Section 6) and assesses the potential for encountering
buried archaeological remains within the site and to predict their likely nature, date,
extent and condition.
Designated heritage assets
4.2
No World Heritage Sites or sites included on the Tentative List of Future
Nominations for World Heritage Sites (Jan 2012) are situated within the site or its
vicinity.
4.3
There are no Scheduled Monuments within the site. There is one Scheduled
Monument, the Church of St John the Baptist, Boughton Green (Fig. 2, 1) located
within the study area, c.1km north of the site.
4.4
There are no Registered Parks and Gardens, or Registered Battlefields within the
site or study area.
4.5
There are no Listed Buildings within the site. There are two Grade II Listed Buildings
within the study area comprising The Obelisk (Fig. 2, 2) located c.960m north-west
of the site, and The Windmill House (Fig. 2, 3), located c.510m south-west of the
site.
Non-designated heritage assets
4.6
There are five previously recorded non-designated heritage assets located within the
proposed development site. These consist of Moulton Park and its boundary (Fig.2,
22), the West Lodge (Fig. 2, 24) of Moulton Park (later the site of Moulton Park
House), two World War II military sites associated within Boughton Green Road (Fig.
2, 44-45), and an undated ring ditch (possibly representing the location of a
prehistoric barrow (burial mound)) (Fig. 2, 48). The evidence for the ring ditch is
unclear and no trace of it is recorded on aerial photographs, historic mapping, or
observed during the walkover survey. Because the site was converted from the park
to a university campus in the late 20th century, any remains of the military sites, the
undated ring ditch, and West Lodge are likely to have been disturbed.
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The western boundary of Moulton Park (Fig. 2, 22) is marked by the stone boundary
wall of the university campus, aspects of which are believed to date to the 19th
century and earlier. Although much of the wall has been updated and improved, this
feature is an important component of the site’s heritage as it continues to define the
medieval boundary of Moulton Park. Along this boundary wall, the entrance lodge of
Moulton Park is situated and was identified on 19th century historic mapping, 20th
century aerial photographs as well as during the walkover survey (Fig. 3-6 and 8).
4.8
A Ha-Ha feature was identified during the walkover survey (Fig. 7) and was noted on
the same alignment as the house’s garden boundary, seen on historic mapping and
aerial photographs (Fig. 4-6). It is likely, therefore, that this landscape feature dates
to the 19th century.
4.9
Other surviving features of the historic landscape, within the site, consist of mature
trees surviving from Moulton Park. These trees are shown on historic mapping and
aerial photography (Fig. 3-6) and defined boundaries within the park.
Geology, topography and the palaeoenvironment
4.10
The solid geology of the site is mapped as limestone of the Bilsworth Limestone
Formation (BGS Online Viewer, consulted February 2014). The entire site, apart
from the southern border contains Diamicton superficial deposits of the Oadley
Member. No deposits of potential palaeoenvironmental interest are recorded within
the site.
Palaeolithic (pre. c. 10,000 BC) and Mesolithic (c. 10,000 BC – c. 4,000 BC)
4.11
There are no Palaeolithic heritage assets recorded within the site or study area. The
Palaeolithic was a period of dramatic climate changes from ice ages to episodes of
warmth and therefore, Britain was intermittently inhabited during this time
(Northamptonshire County Council 2007). Palaeolithic evidence in Northamptonshire
is rare and consists of flint artefacts, most of which have been found in the gravels
carried along and deposited by the River Nene (Northamptonshire County Council
2007).
4.12
There are no Mesolithic heritage assets recorded within the site or study area. The
Mesolithic period saw the isolation of Britain from mainland Europe as the seas rose
following the end of the last Ice Age. Evidence for the Mesolithic in
Northamptonshire consists mostly of flint artefacts. However, unlike the Palaeolithic,
these tools present a more varied range of technologies (Northamptonshire County
Council 2007).
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Neolithic (c. 4000 BC – c. 2400 BC) and Bronze Age (c. 2400 BC – 700 BC)
4.13
There are no Neolithic heritage assets recorded within the site. There is one
Neolithic heritage asset recorded within the study area, an unstratified Neolithic find
(Fig. 2, 4). Flint tools continue to be used in Northamptonshire in the Neolithic
period, although the finds present more complex stone tool technologies than the
previous periods (Northamptonshire County Council 2007).
It is in the Neolithic
period that pottery is introduced to the material culture and Northamptonshire also
produces evidence for Neolithic funerary monuments and occupation sites,
indicating
a
move
away
from
the
unsettled
hunter-gatherer
lifestyle
(Northamptonshire County Council 2007).
4.14
There are no Bronze Age heritage assets recorded within the site. There are two
Bronze Age heritage assets recorded within the study area, two possible Bronze
Age burial areas, including barrows and ring ditches identified on aerial photographs
(Fig. 2, 5 and 6). Evidence for the Bronze Age in Northamptonshire consists of a
varied material culture, with the introduction of bronze and gold, although flint
continued to be in use through this period, as well as well-made, highly decorated
pottery. The large funerary monuments of the previous period are discontinued and
instead round barrows indicate burial sites. Occupation sites, however, are rare in
the archaeological record of Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire County Council
2007).
Iron Age (c. 700 BC – AD 43)
4.15
There are no heritage assets, dating to the Iron Age, recorded within the site. There
are three Iron Age heritage assets recorded within the study area. These consist of
a late Iron Age/early Romano-British settlement which was excavated in 1971-2
(Brown 1979; Fig. 2, 7), a possible Iron Age, Romano-British and Saxon settlement
identified through aerial photography and findspots (Fig. 2, 8), and further Iron Age
findspots discovered through fieldwalking (Fig. 2, 9).
4.16
The Iron Age period saw the ordering of the Northamptonshire landscape with an
expansion of farming and the population. Centralised sites were created which
developed into hillforts, of which the county has at least six examples
(Northamptonshire County Council 2007). The Iron Age also saw the emergence of
other settlement forms, such as open settlements or individual farmsteads, some of
which have produced evidence for a high degree of land division and organisation
(Northamptonshire County Council 2007).
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There are no heritage assets dating to the prehistoric period in general recorded
within the site. There are four heritage assets recorded within the study area which
date to the prehistoric period in general. These consist of evidence for prehistoric
activity, in the form of enclosures and barrows identified on aerial photographs (Fig.
2, 10), prehistoric burial activity (Fig. 2, 11), the Jurassic Way, a prehistoric routeway
to Lincolnshire located c.510m west of the site (Fig. 2, 12), and a barbed and tanged
flint arrowhead findspot (Fig. 2, 13).
Roman period (AD 43 – AD 410)
4.18
There are no Roman heritage assets recorded within the site. There are six Roman
heritage assets recorded within the study area. These consist of a late Iron
Age/early Romano-British settlement which was excavated in 1971-2 (Brown 1979;
Fig. 2, 7), a possible Iron Age, Romano-British and Saxon settlement identified
through aerial photography and findspots from fieldwalking (Fig. 2, 8), Roman
findspots (Fig. 2, 9, 14 and 15), and the London to Derby road, which may have
been used as a Roman road (Fig. 2, 16).
4.19
The introduction of roads and towns to Northamptonshire in the Roman period would
have been a marked change from the previous period as well as imposing features
(Northamptonshire County Council 2007). The county does not possess large, major
towns but does contain three defended by walls; Towcester, Irchester and
Bannaventa (Northamptonshire County Council 2007). In the countryside, Roman
villas can be found in Northamptonshire, especially along the line of the River Nene.
Market
economy
and
industry
also
developed
in
Northamptonshire
(Northamptonshire County Council 2007).
Early Medieval (AD 410 – 1066) period
4.20
There are no heritage assets, dating to the early medieval period, recorded within
the site. There are six heritage assets within study area which date to the early
medieval period. These include the Scheduled Church of St John the Baptist located
c.1km north of the site (Fig. 2, 1), a possible Iron Age, Romano-British and Saxon
settlement identified through aerial photography and findspots from fieldwalking (Fig.
2, 8), Saxon Age findspots (Fig. 2, 9), the London to Derby road believed to have
been used in the early medieval period (Fig. 2, 16), Boughton Green deserted
settlement (Fig. 2, 17), and Commercial Street road, also believed to have been
used in the early medieval period (Fig. 2, 18).
4.21
The early medieval period was a time of great change in Northamptonshire, as well
as Britain as a whole. The material culture shows a dramatic change in settlement
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form, burial sites, styles in pottery, which have been closely linked with other
northern European societies, and industry reverts back to local production
(Northamptonshire
County
Council
2007).
Early
medieval
burial
sites
in
Northamptonshire, unlike other counties, have produced evidence of more diverse
mortuary rites and stylistic elements suggesting the county contained mixed
populations which were on the edge of other more core areas (Northamptonshire
County Council 2007).
4.22
The introduction of Christianity led to the development of settlements around
churches and minsters. Northampton became an administrative centre in the 8th
century around the area of St Peter’s church, and also stood at the centre of a
prosperous road network. After the Viking invasion in the 9th century,
Northamptonshire lay on the border between English and Danish control and
Northampton itself became the headquarters of the Danish army in 910AD
(Northamptonshire County Council 2007).
Medieval (1066 – 1539) period
4.23
There are two medieval heritage assets recorded within the site: Moulton Park (Fig.
2, 22) and the West Lodge (Fig. 2, 24). Moulton Park is recorded over the majority of
the site. At the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086, Moulton was recorded as two
small estates (Salzman 1970). They were turned into a park, attached to the Castle
of Northampton. In the 13th century, the park was used specifically to hold animals
for the royal household in winter.
4.24
The West Lodge (Fig. 2, 24), also recorded within the site, as well as the East Lodge
of the park (Fig. 2, 25), located to the east of the site, are recorded as being in
existence by 1397, but were pulled down in 1861. Keeper’s Lodge, identified in two
possible locations (Fig. 2, 20 and 21) was believed to have been a predecessor to
the East Lodge of Moulton Park. Unstratified medieval and post-medieval finds have
been discovered within the recorded park area (Fig. 2, 23).
4.25
The remaining medieval heritage assets within the study area consist of the
Scheduled Church of St John the Baptist (Fig. 2, 1), medieval findspots (Fig. 2, 9,
29), the London to Derby Road (Fig. 2, 16), Boughton Green deserted settlement
(Fig. 2, 17), Commercial Street road (Fig. 2, 18), evidence of medieval activity (Fig.
2, 19, 26), medieval buildings identified in quarried area (Fig. 2, 27), medieval quarry
(Fig. 2, 28), a turf maze (Fig. 2, 30), Kingsthorpe settlement (Fig. 2, 31), and
Kingsthorpe windmill (Fig. 2, 32).
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Post-medieval (1540 – 1800) and Modern (1801-present)
4.26
There are two post-medieval heritage assets recorded within the site. These consist
of Moulton Park (Fig. 2, 22), which is recorded over the majority of the site, and the
West Lodge (Fig. 2, 24) believed to have been in existence until 1861. The Victoria
County History of Northamptonshire (Salzman 1970) records that by the 16th
century the park was in bad condition due to poor repair. The park was passed from
keeper to keeper to hold for the king until the 17th century when it was bought and
held privately until the 19th century. Moulton Park is recorded within the Victoria
County History of Northamptonshire as an extra-parochial area, except between
1851 and 1861, when it was a parish (Salzman 1970). In 1877 it became the
property of the governors of St Andrews Mental Hospital (Salzman 1970).
4.27
The West Lodge (Fig. 2, 24), in existence until 1861, is recorded at the same
location as Moulton Park House, shown on historic mapping of 1885 (Fig. 3), and
therefore was probably superseded by the house. There is no trace of the house or
lodge remaining within the site as the area has been converted into a university
campus. However, during the walkover survey, a ha-ha was noted on the same
alignment as the house’s garden boundary, seen on historic mapping and aerial
photographs (Fig. 3-7). A ha-ha was a landscaping feature, comprising a retaining
wall within a ditch, used to prevent lifestock entering a garden whilst preserving the
long range views across the landscape. Therefore, the presence of this ha-ha within
the campus indicates that Moulton Park House had key views eastwards from the
house across the parkland. The western boundary wall of the university campus also
follows the line of the boundary wall of the park and aspects of it may date to the
same period.
4.28
There are 17 other heritage assets recorded within the study area which date to the
post-medieval period. These include the Scheduled Church of St John the Baptist
(Fig. 2, 1) located c.1km north of the site, the Grade II Listed Obelisk (Fig. 2, 2),
located c.950m north-west of the site, post-medieval findspots (Fig. 2, 9, 23, 29),
post-medieval roads (Fig. 2, 16 and 18), East Lodge in Moulton Park (Fig. 2, 25),
post-medieval activity c.450m south of the site (Fig. 2, 26), quarrying and industrial
activity (Fig. 2, 27, 28, 33-35), a turf maze (Fig. 2, 30), Kingsthorpe (Fig. 2, 31), and
Kingsthorpe windmill (Fig. 2, 32).
4.29
There are two modern heritage assets recorded within the site, a modern military
site (Fig. 2, 44) which included defensive structures and a World War II anti-tank
roadblock (Fig. 2, 45). These features were concentrated towards Boughton Green
Road.
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There are 15 other modern heritage assets recorded within the study area including
the Grade II Listed The Windmill House (Fig. 2, 3) and its windmill (Fig. 2, 32), a turf
maze (Fig. 2, 30), Kingsthorpe (Fig. 2, 31), industrial activity (Fig. 2, 34-35), a World
War II factory (Fig. 2, 36), White Hills cemetery (Fig. 2, 37), allotments and gardens
(Fig. 2, 38-41 and 46) and other military sites (Fig. 2, 42 and 43).
Recorded land-use within the site and its vicinity
4.31
The Northamptonshire Record Office does not hold any mapping of Moulton Park
which predates 1885. A small part of the site on its southern border however was
included in the 1767 enclosure map of Kingsthorpe parish and states that these
southern fields belonged to Thomas Powys ‘for his birth rent’. There are no features
shown within the fields although a pond or building feature is outlined on it northern
border, possible indicating Moulton Park House. The rest of the map to the north is
labelled ‘Moulton Park’.
4.32
The First Edition Ordnance Survey (OS) map of 1885 depicts the parkland
containing ‘Moulton Park House (Lunatic Asylum)’, situated at the same location as
the West Lodge (Fig. 2, 24; Fig. 3). It is surrounded by parkland containing trees and
the entrance road leads to the house from Boughton Green Road. At the entrance to
the Park on this road, a building is depicted. A building is still located here and was
identified during the walkover survey (Fig. 8). The gardens to the main house are
located to its east. Also identified during the walkover survey was a ha-ha, which
appears to fit along the alignment of the boundary of this garden and has since been
incorporated into the landscaping of the university campus (Fig. 7). Therefore, the
ha-ha is likely to be of same date, late 19th century, as the Moulton Park House.
4.33
The Second Edition OS map of 1900 also depicts the lunatic asylum and its grounds
(Fig. 4). In the parkland west of the house and south of the entrance road, an
earthwork is clearly depicted. No other earthworks of this kind are shown in the park
on the map. The remainder of the site is unchanged since the First Edition OS map.
The Third Edition OS map of 1926 continues to depict the ‘Moulton Park House
Mental Hospital’ situated within the parkland. The lodge is labelled by the entrance
to the park from Boughton Green Road and a chapel is also depicted north of the
house. The earthwork identified on the Second Edition OS map is also depicted in
1926. The rest of the site is still shown as parkland containing trees and footpaths.
4.34
Aerial photographs of 1944 depict the site as Moulton Park House and its immediate
parklands. The house, entrance road, entrance lodge and chapel can clearly be
identified as well as a road running north-east from the house to the site border. An
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area of previous activity can also be depicted in the location of the earthwork,
identified on historic mapping. This possibly indicates quarrying activity. By 1945,
this area had grown over.
4.35
Aerial photographs of 1947 depict the site as unchanged apart from the quarrying
area which appears to have been reopened. The aerial photograph of 1953 shows
the parkland west of the house and south of the road as having been cleared of
trees and the quarry area expanded (Fig. 2; Fig. 5). Further areas of quarrying
activity can also be depicted in the northern part of the site along with two buildings
(Fig. 2; Fig. 5). By 1954, these areas had overgrown. The buildings in the northern
part of the site are still shown on aerial photographs of 1956 (Fig. 6). The
photographs also show some activity near the road running north-east from the
house. The Moulton Park House, gardens, chapel, entrance lodge and track, and
immediate parklands within the site are still depicted on aerial photographs of 1963.
4.36
The next available aerial photographs date to 2001 which depict the site as the
university campus. Moulton Park House has been replaced by the main university
building but the outline of the garden can still be identified. The northern, southern
and western borders of the park, which consisted of trees, have been maintained for
the borders of the university campus. A north-south line of trees which previously
divided the parkland, has also been maintained as part of the campus’ landscape. A
small number of isolated trees have been preserved from the parkland and are
situated within the playing fields in the north-western area of the campus. The
university buildings are all modern and only the entrance lodge remains as a
building associated with the park. Ordnance Survey mapping indicates that the site
had been converted from the Moulton Park House and parkland into a college by
1972 (www.old-maps.co.uk – accessed 04/02/14). Despite the majority of the
parkland having been removed for the university campus, some survived, in the form
of trees, borders and divisions, and have informed the landscaping of the university
campus.
4.37
Undated heritage assets
There is one heritage asset of unknown date recorded within the site consisting of a
rig ditch (possibly representing the remains of a prehistoric round barrow (burial
mound)) (Fig. 2, 48), although no trace of the feature could be identified on historic
mapping, aerial photographs or during the walkover survey.
4.38
There are three other heritage assets within the study area which are of unknown
date consisting of metal findspots discovered through metal detecting (Fig. 2, 9 and
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29) and cropmarks of pit alignments (Fig. 2, 47) identified on aerial photographs,
c.970m north-west of the site.
4.39
Trees and Hedgerows
A number of trees have been identified within the site which formed part of the
landscaping within Moulton Park. These trees are therefore considered to be
important surviving components of the site’s heritage. A number of trees within the
site are included within the Tree Preservation Order (TPO). These are documented
within the arboriculture report and are also considered in the Ecological Survey and
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment.
4.40
Hedgerows are located with fences or walls along the borders of the site and also
form part of the university campus landscaping within the site. None of these
hedgerows are considered to have statutory protection under the Hedgerow
Regulations 1997 (criteria for archaeology and history) as they do not meet the
necessary criteria (reproduced in Appendix B).
5.
SETTINGS ASSESSMENT
5.1
This section of the report is used to assess potential effects of the proposed
development upon the significance of selected designated heritage assets within the
study area, through the alteration of their setting. The assessment has been
undertaken in accordance with the guidance contained in the Setting of Heritage
Assets (English Heritage 2011).
5.2
The Scheduled Church of St John the Baptist (Fig. 2, 1) is located c.1km north of the
site. This Scheduled Monument has been scoped out of the setting assessment at
Step 1 (as per the English Heritage guidelines) as the site does not form part of its
setting which contributes positively to its significance for the following reasons:
•
The immediate surroundings of the church comprise the area recorded as
Boughton Green deserted settlement (Fig. 2, 17). This will not be impacted by
the site;
•
There are no key views from the Scheduled Monument towards the site and
no visibility between the Scheduled Monument and site due to the large
distance between them and the development in Moulton Park;
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The site does not impact upon the experience of the Scheduled Monument,
which is best appreciated from within the scheduled area. The proposed
development will not detract or impact upon any historical associative
attributes the settlement site has with other heritage sites, for example the
deserted Boughton Green settlement.
5.3
There are two Listed Buildings within 1km of the site, The Obelisk (Fig. 2, 2) and
The Windmill House (Fig. 2, 3). These Listed buildings have both been scoped out
of the setting assessment at Step 1 (as per the English Heritage guidelines) as the
site does not form a part of their setting which contributes positively to their
significance for the following reasons:
•
There are no key views from the Listed Buildings towards the site and no
visibility between the assets and site due to the later urban development in
Kingsthorpe; and
•
The site does not impact upon the experience of the Listed Buildings, and
does not detract or impact upon the monuments prominence in the landscape
or any historical associative attributes the buildings have with other
designated heritage sites.
6.
CONCLUSIONS
6.1
There are five previously recorded heritage assets located within the proposed
development site. These consist of Moulton Park and its boundary, the West Lodge
of Moulton Park (later the site of Moulton Park House), two World War II military
sites associated within Boughton Green Road, and an undated ring ditch (possibly
representing the remains of a prehistoric barrow (burial mound)), although the
evidence for this is unclear and no trace of it is recorded on aerial photographs,
historic mapping, or observed during the walkover survey. Because the site was
converted from the park to a university campus in the late 20th century, any remains
of the military sites, the undated ring ditch, and West Lodge are likely to have been
disturbed. However, the park’s boundary wall is still defined by the boundary of the
university campus and despite later additions and upgrading, aspects of the
boundary wall may date to the 19th century and earlier.
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During the walkover survey, a ha-ha was noted within the landscaping of the
university campus which runs along the alignment of the garden boundary of
Moulton Park House, shown on historic mapping and aerial photographs. Therefore,
it is likely this feature dates to the late 19th century. An entrance lodge, probably
also of 19th century date, and trees within the site were also noted during the
walkover survey as surviving historical aspects of Moulton Park.
6.3
Previous impacts upon any potential buried archaeological remains within the site
derive from the construction of the university campus over Moulton Park. It is likely
any excavation or re-landscaping activity from this development would have
impacted upon any buried archaeology. Other previous impacts, prior to this, may
have been quarrying activity, noted on aerial photographs within the park, which will
also have impacted upon any archaeology within those areas.
6.4
Potential effects of the proposed development upon the settings of designated
heritage assets within the study area have also been assessed. No adverse effect
upon any of the Listed Buildings within the study area or the Scheduled Monument,
the Church of St John the Baptist, to the north, will be expected as a result of the
development.
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REFERENCES
British Geological Survey 2011 Geology of Britain Viewer, 1:50,000 geological
mapping, solid and superficial (viewed online February 2014). Availiable
online from: http://mapapps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyofbritain/home.html
Brown, A. E. 1979 Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1978. Northamptonshire
Archaeology.
Department for Communities and Local Government. 2012 the National Planning
Policy Framework.
English Heritage 2011 The Setting of Heritage Assets.
Institute for Archaeologists 2012 Standard and Guidance for Historic Environment
Desk-Based Assessment.
Northamptonshire County Council. 2007 Historic Landscape Character Assessment
Salzman. M A. 1970 The Victoria History of the Counties of England:
Northamptonshire. London
Cartographic sources
1885 First Edition OS map
Sheets: 38.13 and 38.14
1900 Second Edition OS map
Sheets: 38.13 and 23.14
1926 Third Edition OS map
Sheets: 38.13 and 23.14
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Aerial Photographs consulted
1944, 18th Apr
US/7PH/GP/LOC278
Fr: 4012
1945, 07th Sept
RAF/106G/UK/775
Fr: 6136 + 6138
1946, 03rd Apr
RAF/3G/TUD/UK/118
Fr: 6188
1947, 13th Apr
RAF/CPE/UK/1994
Fr: 2247
1947, 30th Sept
RAF/CPE/UK/2334
Fr: 5014-5015
1948, 26th Mar
RAF/CPE/UK/2546
Fr: 4067
1949, 15th Aug
RAF/541/341
Fr: 4102
1953, 08th Apr
RAF/82/758
Fr: 68
1953, 11th May
RAF/58/1122
Fr: 74
1954, 26th Aug
RAF/82/995
Fr: 28
1954, 15th Dec
RAF/542/97
Fr: 1
1956, 31st May
OS/56T18
Fr: 25, 26 + 47
1956, 20th Apr
OS/56T4
Fr: 77, 111-112
1963, 16th Sep
RAF/543/2409
Fr: 120
1965, 25th Oct
FSL/6565
Fr: 1943
2001, 25th Jun
OS/01134
Fr: 148
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APPENDIX A: GAZETTEER OF RECORDED HERITAGE ASSETS AND OTHER
ELEMENTS OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT
No.
Description
Period
Status
NGR
1
Church of St John The Baptist,
Boughton Green
Scheduled
Monument
7647
6563
2
The Obelisk. Erected 1764.
Early Medieval
to
PostMedieval
Post-Medieval
3
The Windmill House. 19th
century
Unstratified Neolithic Find
Modern
5
Possible Bronze Age Burial Site
including barrow and ditches
identified on aerial photographs
Bronze Age
76653
65560
6
Possible Bronze Age Burial Site
Bronze Age
76356
65540
7
Late Iron Age/Early RomanoBritish Settlement
Iron Age to
Roman
77710
64815
8
Possible Iron Age, RomanoBritish & Saxon
Settlement
Iron Age to
Early Medieval
76339
65465
4
Neolithic
Grade
Listed
Grade
Listed
II
II
75354
65210
75657
63983
7650
6330
HER ref.
NMR ref.
EH ref.
1625/1
343389
Major
Source
1039752
EH
1372148
EH
5058/0/0
5058
621253
1286
1286/0/5
1286/0/6
HER
4568
4568/0/1
4568/0/2
4568/0/0
5108
5108/0/5
HER
1289
1289/0/0
343411
961371
1289/0/3
1289/0/2
1289/0/0
1289/0/0 MNN24476
1289/0/0 MNN26091
1289/0/0 MNN20195
1289/0/0 MNN20196
1289/0/1
961372
960914
7723/0/1
7649/0/0
7723/0/0
HER
HER
HER
HER
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Metal findspots discovered
through metal detecting
Iron Age to
Post-Medieval
and Unknown
760 650
10
Probable Prehistoric Activity.
Evidence includes enclosures
and a barrow identified on aerial
photographs
Prehistoric
76479
65257
11
Prehistoric
760 640
Prehistoric
Prehistoric
7563
6478
751 648
14
Possible Prehistoric Burial
Activity including a barrow
Jurassic Way – Lincolnshire.
Prehistoric routeway,
Barbed and tanged arrowhead,
worked flint
Unstratified Roman Find
Roman
754 636
15
Roman silver coin
Roman
750 630
16
London to Derby Road.
Supposed Roman Road
Roman to
Post-Medieval
75180
63498
17
Boughton
Green
deserted
settlement
including
village
green, fair site and finds
identified through field walking,
Early Medieval
to Medieval
76382
65507
18
Commercial St. Road
7645
6155
19
Possible medieval activity
Early Medieval
to PostMedieval
Medieval
20
Possible Park Keepers Lodge,
Moulton Park
Possible Keepers Lodge,
Moulton Park
Moulton Park Deer Park.
Includes Bank, Boundary, Ditch
and Wall
Unstratified Medieval/Post
Medieval Finds
Medieval
12
13
21
22
23
MNN1451
23
MNN1451
24
MNN1451
25
MNN1451
26
MNN1451
27
MNN1451
28
MNN1471
84
MNN1474
33
MNN1493
44
MNN1538
40
1287
1287/0/1
1287/0/2
1287/0/3
1287/0/4
5174
5174/0/1
1035203
HER
343543
NMR
3331/0/0
343540
343511
HER
6745/1
1326461
9343/1
1625
343424
1625/2/0
1625/2
1625/3
1625/3/0
9999/0/0
HER
770 636
1692
1692/0/0
HER
5110/0/4
HER
Medieval
7757
6458
775 645
5110/0/5
HER
Medieval to
Post-Medieval
76798
65039
HER
Medieval to
Post-Medieval
7729
6522
5110
621374
5110/0/1
5110/0/0
HER
HER
NMR
NMR
HER
HER
HER
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West Lodge, Great Lodge,
Moulton Park House
Medieval to
Post-Medieval
7630
6433
5110/0/2
HER
25
East Lodge of Moulton Park was
in existence by 1397 and pulled
down c.1861.
Possible Medieval/Post Medieval
Activity
Possible Medieval/Post Medieval
Buildings,
Boundaries etc Within Quarried
Area
Possible Medieval/Post Medieval
Stone Quarry
Metal findspots discovered by
metal detector
Medieval to
Post-Medieval
775 644
5110/0/3
621396
HER
Medieval to
Post-Medieval
Medieval to
Post-Medieval
76207
63630
769 632
8037
8037/0/1
8607/0/2
HER
Medieval to
Post-Medieval
Medieval to
Post-Medieval
and Unknown
76973
63139
750 650
HER
30
The Shepherds' Race Maze.
Turf Maze.
Medieval
Modern
764 655
8607/1
8607/1/1
MNN1484
06
MNN1484
07
MNN1484
08
MNN1484
12
MNN1485
20
MNN1485
21
MNN1485
22
MNN1485
25
MNN1485
28
MNN1485
41
1625/2/1
343382
31
Kingsthorpe
HER
Kingsthorpe Windmill
75026
63149
7565
6396
5081
32
Medieval to
Modern
Medieval to
Modern
HER
33
Post Medieval Quarry
Post-Medieval
34
Post Medieval/Modern Industrial
Activity
Post-Medieval
to Modern
75733
64982
7522
6405
35
Post Medieval/Modern Industrial
Activity
Post-Medieval
to Modern
7657
6410
36
WWII
Aircraft
Assembly Factory
&
Modern
7710
6336
5095/1
5095/1/0
5095
5095/1/1
8477
8477/0/1
5096
5096/1
5096/1/1
5096/0/2
5096/0/1
5326
5326/1
5326/1/1
5326/1/2
1160/423
37
White
Hills
Harborough Road
Cemetery,
Modern
7516
6458
2429
2429/1
HER
26
27
28
29
Repair
to
HER
HER
HER
HER
HER
HER
HER
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White Hills Allotments
Modern
39
Kingsley Allotments
Modern
40
Allotments Off Boughton Green
Road
Moulton Park Allotments
Modern
42
Possible WWI/WWII Military
Training Site identified on aerial
photographs
Modern
43
Military site
Modern
764 655
44
Modern military site
Modern
761 644
45
WWII anti-tank island roadblock
Modern
46
Possible modern garden with
linear feature
Cropmark of a pit alignment
seen on aerial photographs
Ring Ditch (Possible barrow site)
Modern
Unknown
76032
64450
75858
64332
754 653
Unknown
760 640
41
47
48
Modern
7523
6481
7679
6304
7607
6388
7756
6418
76459
63976
2437
2437/1
2448/1
HER
2604
2604/1
2611
2611/1
8038
8038/0/1
8038/0/2
8038/0/3
8038/0/4
8038/0/5
8038/0/6
8038/0/7
8038/0/8
8110
8110/0/1
8614
8614/1
8614/1/1
1420291
HER
9685
9685/0/1
960920
HER
343513
NMR
HER
HER
HER
HER
HER
NMR
NMR
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APPENDIX B: EXTRACT FROM THE HEDGEROWS REGULATIONS 1997
Extracted from Statutory Instruments 1997 No. 1160 The Hedgerows Regulations 1997, Schedule 1:
Additional criteria for determining ‘Important’ hedgerows;
PART II
CRITERIA
Archaeology and history
1. The hedgerow marks the boundary, or part of the boundary, of at least one historic parish or
township; and for this purpose “historic” means existing before 1850.
2. The hedgerow incorporates an archaeological feature which is(a) included in the schedule of monuments compiled by the Secretary of State under section
1 (schedule of monuments) of the Ancient Monuments and Scheduled Areas Act 1979(g); or
(b) recorded at the relevant date in a sites and Monuments Record.
3.
The hedgerow(a) is situated wholly or partly within an archaeological site included or recorded as
mentioned in paragraph 2 or on land adjacent to and associated with such a site; and
(b) is associated with any monument or feature on that site.
4.
The hedgerow(a) marks the boundary of a pre-1600 AD estate or manor recorded at the relevant date in a
sites and Monuments Record or on a document held at that date at a Record Office; or
(b) is visibly related to any building or feature of such an estate or manor.
5.
The hedgerow(a) is recorded in a document held at the relevant date at a Record Office as an integral part
of a field system pre-dating the Inclosure acts (a); or
(b) is part of, or visibly related to, any building or other feature associated with such a
system, and that system(i) is substantially complete; or
(ii) is of a pattern which is recorded in a document prepared before the relevant date
by a local planning authority, within the meaning of the 1990 Act(b), for the
purposes of development control within the authority’s area, as a key landscape
characteristic
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8
2
33
10
12
9
65
site
study area
7
prehistoric
Iron Age
38
22
Roman
13
23
early medieval
medieval
25
20
post-medieval
45
21
48
37
modern
46
undated
44
Grade II Listed building
41
Scheduled Monument
24
area of quarrying
16
34
35
3
64
11
32
42
40
18
0
500m
26
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Heritage assets within 1km Study Area
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Ha-ha identified within site (view west)
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View west towards building located on historic
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View south-east across site towards university
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