Monument record 2148/4/1 - Late Iron Age enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

A cropmark of a large rectilinear enclosure identified on aerial photographs. A group of intercut ditches were found during a watching brief prior to gravel extraction in 1980. No internal features were found.

{1} Only late Pre-Belgic material came from pottery from the enclosing ditches. No evidence of internal structures was apparent through the enclosure had been subdivided or made smaller at one stage. This enclosure may have been consumed into a larger enclosure in the Early Belgic period. Enclosure 1 and 4 may be contemporary.

{3} A group of intercut ditches which formed a clear sequence of two phases. Both phases formed a rectangular enclosure. It was uncertain whether the second phase represented a sub-division or a new layout. No internal features were found. The small assemblage of pottery was dated to the late pre-belgic period.

<1> Windell D., 1983, Clay Lane 1980: Interim Report - An Iron Age and Roman Rural Settlement at Clay Lane, Earls Barton, p.38 (checked) (Article). SNN40207.

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

<3> Windell D., 1982, Excavations at Clay Lane 1980 Level III: Structural Evidence, p.64 (checked) (Report). SNN75685.

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