Medieval to post-medieval cropmarks of Oldhouse farm, The Slips (EHER 49476)

The cropmarks of a medieval or post medieval farm can be seen on Historic England Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2015. These cropmarks are the remains of a site called Oldhouse. This farm was depicted in 1877 and as late as 1951. By 1960, although the field boundaries and ponds remained, the buildings had been demolished.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: 2015. Aerial reconnaissance. The cropmarks of a medieval or post medieval farm can be seen on Historic England Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2015. These cropmarks are centred on TL 5538 4092 and are the remains of a site called Oldhouse. <1> This farm was depicted in 1877 and as late as 1951. By 1960, although the field boundaries and ponds remained, the buildings had been demolished. The cropmarks suggest that each of the two linear ponds depicted in 1877 originally formed the southern side of two separate square enclosures. A series of 3 to 4 rectangular enclosures and field boundaries are visible as cropmarks of a probable medieval to post-medieval date. The 1st edition OS mapping shows the site of Old House a former settlement site, with several buildings, boundaries and water features. Two of the enclosures are conjoined and have wide ditches, but no visible entrances. There is an area, between the enclosure and extant field boundary that shows disturbance and maybe areas where there were former buildings. None of the enclosure have any visible entrances or internal features. <2> - <4> See also: <5>