Mousen (Belford with Middleton)
NU 117314 Deserted Medieval Village at Old Mousen. (Nothing visible on available aerial photographs (RAF 1958)). (1)
Old Mousen now consists of a single farmstead. To the east of it, there are traces of minor depopulation in the form of a small area of disturbed and hummocky ground centred NU 118313, but no nucleated 'village' exists. (2)
Deserted village of Mousen scheduled. (3)
NU 117314. Mousen deserted medieval village. Documentary references: 1268, 1296, 1580, 1665, 1821. Two complexes of earthworks recognised, at the old village site (NU 117314) extensive plough damage has occurred but a toft row was recognised. A manorial establishment is suggested by the latter complex of earthworks at NU 120314. (4)
Old Mousen (NU 117314); aerial photography in 1980 revealed the pattern of tofts and the sequence of later medieval and post-medieval ploughing. (5)
The remains of medieval settlement, ridge and furrow and later features are visible as upstanding earthworks over 14 hectares. A series of plots runs between NU 1168 3142 and NU 1191 3133 with close or toft boundaries behind them. There are remains of structures and enclosures between NU 1197 3137 and NU 1202 3152 with a broad hollow way running east to west along its southern edge. At NU 1200 1470 are two adjacent enclosures or structures each approximately 15m square. There is evidence of later medieval/post-medieval ploughing. (6)
NU 118 314. Deserted village of Mousen. Scheduled No ND/490. (7)
Old Mousen now consists of a single farmstead. To the east of it, there are traces of minor depopulation in the form of a small area of disturbed and hummocky ground centred NU 118313, but no nucleated 'village' exists. (2)
Deserted village of Mousen scheduled. (3)
NU 117314. Mousen deserted medieval village. Documentary references: 1268, 1296, 1580, 1665, 1821. Two complexes of earthworks recognised, at the old village site (NU 117314) extensive plough damage has occurred but a toft row was recognised. A manorial establishment is suggested by the latter complex of earthworks at NU 120314. (4)
Old Mousen (NU 117314); aerial photography in 1980 revealed the pattern of tofts and the sequence of later medieval and post-medieval ploughing. (5)
The remains of medieval settlement, ridge and furrow and later features are visible as upstanding earthworks over 14 hectares. A series of plots runs between NU 1168 3142 and NU 1191 3133 with close or toft boundaries behind them. There are remains of structures and enclosures between NU 1197 3137 and NU 1202 3152 with a broad hollow way running east to west along its southern edge. At NU 1200 1470 are two adjacent enclosures or structures each approximately 15m square. There is evidence of later medieval/post-medieval ploughing. (6)
NU 118 314. Deserted village of Mousen. Scheduled No ND/490. (7)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; B H Pritchard
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Adderstone-Mousen A1 road improvements 1999; THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, London-Edinburgh-Thurso Trunk Road. A1 Adderstone to Belford dualling. Cultural heritage stage 2 assessment 2005; Ed Dennison Archaeological Services Ltd
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, A1 Upgrade Scheme: Adderstone to Belford 2005; Alison Deegan
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Adderstone-Mousen A1 road improvements 1999; THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, London-Edinburgh-Thurso Trunk Road. A1 Adderstone to Belford dualling. Cultural heritage stage 2 assessment 2005; Ed Dennison Archaeological Services Ltd
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, A1 Upgrade Scheme: Adderstone to Belford 2005; Alison Deegan
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