Monument record 7989/0/1 - Possible Prehistoric Enclosure

Enclosure and ditch on air photograph

{1} Enclosure and Ditch (SP 725813), S. of Kelmarsh Field Farm, on Upper Lias Clay at 137 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show, rather indistinctly, what may be the N. part of a sub-rectangular enclosure at least 60 m. across, with a linear ditch extending for at least 200 m. from its N.W. corner

{2} RCHME have incorrectly located the site at SP725813. Lies immediately adjacent to a pond on the 1958 OS 6inch map and presumably an associated post medieval/modern field boundary.

{3} Aerial photos NCCAP:SP7280/011-12.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.111/Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> FOARD G.R., 1979, Oral Report to SMR, (checked) (Oral Report). SNN51199.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1974, Archaeology In Northamptonshire 1973, 9/114 (unchecked) (Article). SNN9109.

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May 21 2024 11:32AM