Monument record 0108701000 - 'PITCH GREEN', STEWKLEY

Dimensions - Length 91m.
Plan Form - Linear.
The remains of an embankment or entrenchment c 300 feet long are visible in place called Pitch Green, about 1/2 mile North of Stewkley church (ie in area SP 853270). Human remains and warlike implements have been dug up and local tradition sites this as a place of conflict, perhaps during the Civil War. (B1).
UNDATABLE EMBANKMENT, SOME 100 YARDS LONG; HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND - BATTLEFIELD (B2).
SITE AT 'PITCH GREEN' (B1); LOCATED AT NGR ON MAP, 1814 (B6).



Location of 'Pitch Green' not known by Eland, but he confirm Sheahan's Civil War suggestion. There was trouble near here (at Swanbourne SP 8027) in 1643 (B3).
The name "Pitch Green" is not known. According to local farm workers the supposed site of the earthworks was in a field centred at SP 854 272, but all that is visible is pronounced rig and furrow and old gravel workings. No other features were found in the locality (B4).

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