Monument record 3727/0/3 - Two Parallel Prehistoric Pit Alignments

A double line of pits observable as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It was partially planned prior to quarrying and a very small number were excavated. Crop/soilmark: Good quality photography

{2} Two pit alignments, the southernmost of which runs south-east for 320m (SP88006230 to 88236209). Plan: Fig.53.

{3} Excavation by D.Jackson of cropmark pit alignments. Two pit alignments were intersected by a third pit aligment. Partially planned in two sections during archaeological investigation prior to quarrying. There was a double line of pits, some 3-4m apart and, where observed, the pits at either side were approximately opposite each other. They also seemed to be running parallel and, if contemporary, could have formed a double boundary or perhaps flanked a trackway.

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

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.55 Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Jackson D.A., 1995, Archaeology at Grendon Quarry, Northamptonshire: Part 2, Other Prehistoric, Iron Age and Later Sites Excavated in 1974-5, and Further Observations Between 1976-80, p. 9-10 & Fig 3 & 6 (Report). SNN70994.

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Oct 26 2022 12:53PM