Monument record 3236/0/7 - Undated Enclosure

A three-sided rectilinear ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Located in a field SSW of Nene Lodge, the up to 4 metres wide ditch encloses an area about 60 metres NNW-SSE and 66.5 metres WSW-ENE, with the ENE side open.

{1} Cropmark of a possible enclosure. NCCAP:SP9063/024.

{2} (SP902638) Enclosure on AP in 1979.

{3} A three-sided rectilinear 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 360 metres SSW of Nene Lodge and centred at SP 90210 63794, the up to 4 metres wide ditch encloses an area about 60 metres NNW-SSE and 66.5 metres WSW-ENE, with the ENE side open. (2)

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

<2> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1980, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979, P. 178 (Article). SNN56490.

<3> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NHC 1820/25 30-JUL-1979 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<4> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, MD003015 (Archive). SNN113023.

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Feb 25 2025 6:22PM