More information : An "encampment and tumulus" about a mile and half from the "supposed encampment" at [Knaptoft - SP 68 NW 3] and "in the parish of Husband's Bosworth". [Therefore somewhere in the area SP 638848). (1)
"Encampment and tumulus near Husbands Bosworth" [refers to 1].
"Explanation" [See AO:59:399:3]
B. Three sides of a parallelogram of which the two long sides measure each 65 yards 3 inches; the shorter side measures 36 yards.
The three sides are formed by large mounds of earth; no foss appears; the earth must have been carried from a distance.
C. Another bank or mound, 17 yards in length, without any foss;
part in, and part without, the parallelogram.
D. A mount about three feet high, the base 25 yards; at the distance from the parallelogram between 60 and 70 yards north.
F. Aanother bank or mound, 11 yards, 2 feet, 9 inches, in length; at the distance of one yard from the mound.
The distance from Leicester, SSE, is 14 miles; from Naseby, 6 miles."
(2)
"Miscellaneous Earthworks...
Husbands Bosworth (xlix, 16) - A work ... formerly in this parish
... Destoryed far too definitely to place them in Class G."
[Moated inclosures with stronger defensive works]. (3)
The location of these earthworks was not established in field
investigation. Possibly destroyed by railway or Grand Union Canal. (4)
Reference to a mound in the vicinity having been destroyed when the railway was built 'and its contents dispersed'. (5)
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