Monument record 1321/0/1 - Possible Iron Age/Romano-British ditched enclosure

A subrectangular ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Located in a field about 910 metres NE of Black Lodge and adjacent the west side of Old Meadow woodland, the ditch up to 2 metres wide has three linear sides, with a curvilinear S facing side, enclosing an area about 28 x 32 metres at its widest points. A gap of 2 metres in the linear N facing side may be an entrance.

{2} A subrectangular ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project. Located in a field about 910 metres NE of Black Lodge, adjacent the west side of Old Meadow woodland and centred at TL 03313 72856, the ditch up to 2 metres wide has three linear sides, with a curvilinear S facing side, enclosing an area about 28 x 32 metres at its widest points. A gap of 2 metres in the linear N facing side may be an entrance.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

<2> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NHC SF2513/4A 24-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<3> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP (Archive). SNN113023.

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Jan 18 2023 3:35PM