Althorp (lost settlement)
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Remains today
There are some signs of earthworks on the site but much has been damaged by later activities such as ploughing. The main feature is a broad hollow way which runs up the hillside and is 1.5 metres in depth. There are several platforms on the south side of the hollow which are thought to be the sites of dwellings.[3]
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References
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- ↑ ‘OS’ Explorer Map, Northampton & Market Harborough 223 Template:ISBN
- ↑ K. J. Allison, The Deserted Villages of Northampton. Leicester: Leicester University Press (1966:34) ASIN: B0010HP1G0
- ↑ An Inventory of Archaeological Sites in North-West Northamptonshire (1981) London: HMSO, Template:ISBN
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