ENN107809 - Land South of Higham Road, 2014 (Geophysics)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 90312 74040 (428m by 369m)
Civil Parish BURTON LATIMER, North Northamptonshire (formerly Kettering District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

STRATASCAN

Date

February 2014

Description

{1} A detailed gradiometry survey was conducted over approximately 10 hectares of agricultural land. The survey has identified evidence of extensive ridge and furrow ploughing across the site indicating that the area was in agricultural use during the medieval period. Towards the western boundary of the survey area, a small group of cut features are have also been identified. These are roughly circular but the clarity of these anomalies is somewhat diminished due to the overlying ridge-and-furrow. A possible ploughed-out bank or earthwork feature can also be seen crossing the western and central field, although this could also be of agricultural origin. Historic field boundaries are visible within the survey data, with the feature visible in the north west of the site correlating with historic mapping dating from 1901. There are also other possible field boundary features across the site, which appear to divide the areas of ridge-and-furrow. No other features of archaeological interest have been located. Other anomalies observed are likely modern in origin including agricultural activity, magnetic disturbance related to field boundaries and fences, natural (geological) variation, isolated magnetic spikes and spreads of magnetic debris in the topsoil.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Report: Prestidge, O.J.. 2014. Higham Road, Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire: Geophysical survey report, March 2014. Stratascan Report. J6483. Stratascan.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Probable Roman malting and brewing site, south of Higham Road (Monument)

Record last edited

Dec 6 2024 3:18PM

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