Monument record 1641/4/1 - Defensive Wall of Romano-British Town (West Side)
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{1} Romano-British Wall (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation). Crop/soilmark: Good quality photography.
{2} To the south-west the survey area was extended across a plough-flattened length of the defences. Here, the location of the town wall is indicated by a strong linear negative anomaly, and similarly so along the southern edge of the town, at the southern limit of the survey area.
Earth resistance survey work was carried out to complement the results of the magnetometer survey on the area of the walled town. Of particular interest was the identification of the town wall (Fig 5). The western wall was detected as a single high-resistance anomaly, with no break suggestive of a gateway.
<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.
<2> Butler A.; Meadows I.; Fisher I., 2010, Archaeological Geophysical Survey at Chester Farm, Irchester, Northamptonshire, p.6+10 Fig.4+5 (checked) (Report). SNN107215.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SNN104822 Photographs: Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections.
- <2> SNN107215 Report: Butler A.; Meadows I.; Fisher I.. 2010. Archaeological Geophysical Survey at Chester Farm, Irchester, Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. 10/073. Northants Archaeology. p.6+10 Fig.4+5 (checked).
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 91603 66515 (70m by 154m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | IRCHESTER, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
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- None recorded
Record last edited
Sep 12 2014 1:27PM
