ENN109813 - Newton Road, Higham Ferrers, 2020 (Geophysical survey)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9714 6841 (296m by 357m)
Civil Parish HIGHAM FERRERS, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

MOLA Northampton (formerly Northamptonshire Archaeology)

Date

January 2020

Description

{1} Geophysical survey of c5ha of land. The survey identified Iron Age to Roman settlement remains comprising a series of enclosures and roundhouses alongside a boundary ditch mainly in the northern half of the survey area. The remains are part of a linear settlement shown to extend at least 1km west by previous archaeological investigations.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Report: MOLA Northampton. 2020. Archaeological geophysical survey at Newton Road, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, January 2020. Museum of London Arch. (MOLA) Fieldwork Reports. 20/013. MOLA Northampton. [Mapped feature: #29344 Area of geophysical survey, ]
  • <2> Note: Wolframm-Murray, Y. 2021. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 2020. Northamptomshire Archaeology. 41. Northamptonshire Archaeological Society. p. 475.
  • <3> Journal: Crank, N. (Editor). 2021. South Midlands Archaeology (51). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 51. C.B.A.. p. 57.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Site of Iron Age/Roman settlement, north of Newton Road (Monument)

Record last edited

May 12 2022 11:30AM

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