Monument record 2040/0/2 - Iron Age enclosure and round houses

D-shaped enclosure on air photographs

{1} Cropmark identified by J. Williams. Rectilinear enclosure. D-shaped enclosure of c.0.5ha. Orientated east-west. A well-marked entrance lies on its east side. RCHME give ngr of SP838629.

{4} A rectangular enclosure measuring 60m by 80m, within which three curving linear features probably represent eaves-drainage gullies for roundhouses.

{5} The roundhouse gullies have east facing entracnes and other anomalies within the enclosure are likely to represent buried ditches. The enclosure is likely of Iron Age date.

{1} The arc of a round house was found within the enclosure. This structure had clear evidence of at least two phases and was found to contain six post holes of no clear pattern, some with evidence for packing around the posts and an off-centre larger sized feature containing burnt stones. These features may be internal structural post settings and an internal hearth.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.198/Site 24 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<3> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/11 site 8 (checked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<4> Masters P., 2003, Earls Barton Quarry Western Extension, Northamptonshire Geophysical and Fieldwalking Surveys, p.4 (checked) (Report). SNN102439.

<5> Walsh T.; Maull A., 2003, An Archaeological Trial Excavation at Earls Barton Quarry (Western Extension), p.6, 13 (checked) (Report). SNN103300.

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Apr 25 2024 11:35AM