Monument record 7473/0/1 - Prehistoric Pit Alignment and later boundary ditches (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Pit alignment identified on aerial photographs. Some 100m, comprising 24 pits, was excavated in 1998. Artefacts were scarce and the pits were allowed to silt up naturally. Later ditches redefined stretched of the boundary

{3} A number of pits were identified at the south end of trench B- possibly relate to the pit alignment.

{4} 24 closely spaced pits (some intercutting) were found running east/west across the southern part of the excavated area. They were traced for 100m but continued either side of the trench. Several were obscured by a series of ditches and gullies which partly overlay the alignment.
The pits were generally about 2m in diameter, circular, oval or sub-rectangular in plan and up to 2m apart. They became more widely spaced to the east and also more shallow.

{4} Colour prints of the pit alignment;

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

<2> Barker P.P., 1996, Geophysical Survey Carried Out at Grendon Lakes, Area B, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN41098.

<3> Humphrey R., 1997, Land at Grendon Lakes, Northamptonhsire (Area B): An Archaeological Evaluation, p. 5 (Report). SNN62110.

<4> McDonald T.; Last J., 1999, Land at Grendon Lakes, Northamptonshire (Area B): an Archaeological Excavation, p. 3-5 (Report). SNN43511.

<5> NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HERITAGE, 1998, Grendon Lakes 'Area B' (Photographic prints (COL)). SNN110701.

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Feb 7 2019 11:21AM