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Burnt Walls, Northamptonshire

Burnt Walls is an ancient earthwork near Daventry, Northamptonshire. The remains consist of a roughly triangular enclosure bounded on the south-west by a bank 6ft high with an external ditch 6ft deep and a low counterscarp bank beyond. The monument is undated and has been considered as a possible Iron Age or early mediæval defensive site, or possibly the site of a mediæval castle or moated manor. The monument is within the council area of West Northamptonshire.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1003888.

Place Type: Ancient Earthwork
Historic County: Northamptonshire
Lat, Long: 52.245993,-1.1438436
Grid Reference: SP 5855 6121
Civil Parish: Daventry CP
Council Area: West Northamptonshire CA
Police Area: Northamptonshire PA

GBPN ID: 300227
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Burnt_Walls,_Northamptonshire_300227

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