Little Houghton Ringwork
Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Ringwork)
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
| Name | Little Houghton Ringwork |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough |
| Modern Authority | Northamptonshire |
| 1974 Authority | Northamptonshire |
| Civil Parish | Little Houghton |
Section across ditch excavated by E.D. Bailey (1957) Finds including 13th c pottery and tile in Northampton Museum (Northampton Museum 6" AW 1957).
The earthwork shows as a raised platform max 1.4m high, the ditch having been filled in. Possibly the site for a medieval manor (F1 BHS 13-MAY-1970).
Site of Manor House (SP 80265961) immediately W of the church, on sand at 84 m. above OD. The site consists of a rectangular raised platform with a level top, so that it is almost 3 m. high on the NW and only 1 m. high in the S. The SE part has been destroyed by the chruchyard and the NW corner has been damaged. Therre are slight traces of former buildings on the platform, but these may be modern. The site has been described as a motte, but it is more probably the site of a medieval manor house. The area in which it lies was known as South Hall Piece in 1835 (RCHME).
Listed by Cathcart King as a badly worn rigwork with a possible bailey (King 1983). (PastScape)
The ringwork is probably the site of a later medieval manor house, perhaps from the thirteenth century, rather than an earlier castle ringwork. (Lowerre 2004)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SP802596 |
| Latitude | 52.2289695739746 |
| Longitude | -0.826340019702911 |
| Eastings | 480260 |
| Northings | 259610 |
