Monument record 109/0/1 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Trackway

Undated trackway on air photograph

{1} Ditched trackway (?)(SP 96058361-96228383) on the SE side of Cat's Head Wood on Boulder Clay at 270 ft above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show two roughly parallel lines as cropmarks extending for some 300 m. in a SW-NE direction. They cross the line of the 57a Roman Road which is not visible on the photographs. The remains may be of prehistoric date, but they are more probably connnected with the adjacent ridge-and-furrow.

{2} Fieldname: Cat's Head Wood.

{3} Uncertain soilmark of ditch.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.92/Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/60s Ordnance Survey 6 Inch Mapping Series (SP98SE), (unchecked) (Map). SNN37044.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP9683/001-6+9 (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN104822.

Record last edited

Mar 9 2023 12:43PM