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Summary

Two long and narrow fields each about 0.5 hectare in area are named 'swallowbury' on the tithe award. They lie on the crest of a gently rounded broad hilltop (tithe map cited by os). Vis=20/1/1987 (os). The two fields have been incorporated into a large, intensively cultivated, field and only the western and southern field hedges survive. Many of the other hedgerows in the area have been effaced and the hilltop and upper slopes are under large scale wheat cultivation (os). Vis=11/2/1987 (os). No evident traces of an earthwork were identified (os).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64NE/52

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EARTHWORK (Unknown date)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV166903.

Des=tithe map and award/(1842)nos 474,475.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV166904.

Osa=sx64ne35.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Two long and narrow fields each about 0.5 hectare in area are named 'swallowbury' on the tithe award. They lie on the crest of a gently rounded broad hilltop (tithe map cited by os). Vis=20/1/1987 (os). The two fields have been incorporated into a large, intensively cultivated, field and only the western and southern field hedges survive. Many of the other hedgerows in the area have been effaced and the hilltop and upper slopes are under large scale wheat cultivation (os). Vis=11/2/1987 (os). No evident traces of an earthwork were identified (os).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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