Monument record 9514 - Probable Iron Age farmstead

{1} As the insides of the enclosures were not excavated it is unclear whether they were domestic or agricultural but their small size and relative scarcity of artefacts suggests stock penning rather than occupation, with the latter nearby but outside the excavated area.

{2}The majority of cropmarks seem to consist of enclosures and field systems commonly of the Iron Age and Roman periods, the features interpreted as representing farms and small settlements. The cropmarks do not extent to the north of Sywell, this may indicate that the field systems along these linear alignments end at this point.

<1> Parry S. ; Atkins R. ; Masters P., 1999, Archaeological Investigation: Sywell Areodrome, Northamptonshire, Stage 2: April - May 1996, (checked) (Report). SNN100027.

<2> Atkins R, Parry S, Holmes M, and Meadows I., 2001, Excavations of Iron Age Settlements at Sywell Aerodrome (1996) and at Ecton (1992-3) Northamptonshire, 29/47-8 (checked) (Article). SNN103932.

<3> Brown AE, 1980, Aerial Photography 1980, 16/215 (unchecked) (Notes). SNN104579.

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