Monument record 3537/2 - Iron Age double-ditched enclosure

Double ditched enclosure ditches and possible pit alignment on air photograph. The enclosure and surrounding features were excavated in 1990. The enclosure contained a number of pits. The organic-rich fills of the outer ditch were extensively sampled.

{2} Enclosures, Ditches and Pit Alignment (SP 88676350), in the W. of the parish, on gravel at 44m above OD. Air photographs show a double- ditched rectangular enclosure with a third, intermediate ditch on the
N.E. side and a well-marked inner ditch. To the N.W. traces of short length of ditched trackway are visible. Immediately N.E. of the enclosure there is a group of conjoining rectangular enclosures on either side of a linear ditch, the whole bisected by a possible pit alignment (not shown on Fig. 159) which is very indistinct on all available air photographs.

{4} Cropmarks of various enclosures;

{5} Cropmarks; double ditched enclosures; (SP)887635 in Wollaston parish - St Joseph and Hollowell APs. (Nothing visible on available APs (RAF 1947))

{6} As a result of previous trial excavation on a series of Iron Age sites, which had highlighted the presence of waterlogged deposits containing environmental remains, controlled archaeological excavation and a wider watching brief were undertaken for Pioneer Aggregates (UK) Ltd in part of their Wollaston gravel pit. Early forms of land-division were denoted by boundary ditches and a pit-alignment but the major feature was a double-ditched enclosure of c 0.6ha containing pits and other features indicative of occupation. The richly organic, peat-like fill of its outer ditch was extensively sampled for scientific study by Leicester University; plan of site;

[No report currently available]

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

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 178/site 11 (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86SE11 (Index). SNN443.

<4> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/18 (Journal). SNN106546.

<5> Hall D.N., 1966, Sites on the North Bedfordshire and South Northamptonshire border, p. 6 (Article). SNN37934.

<6> Pike A. (Editor), 1991, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (21), p. 73-5 (Newsletter). SNN2091.

<7> 1992, SMR report form- Wollaston Quarry (Note). SNN48822.

<8> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1980, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979, Page 15 (Article). SNN56490.

<9> Seaman, B H, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 BHS 07-AUG-70 (Notes). SNN111541.

<10> Aerial Photograph, A/P (CUAP ZE 42-3) (Photographs). SNN112974.

Record last edited

Jun 25 2024 11:58AM