Monument record 1383/0/1 - Bronze Age round barrow

Archaeological investigation identified a Bronze round barrow. No mound material survived, only the encircling ring ditch. A satellite cremation burial, located less than 1m to the north of the barrow ditch, was radiocarbon dated to the late Bronze Age.

{1} Ring ditch. After the ditch had been backfilled a shallow pit was cut into the south western edge, 0.56m wide and 0.26m deep. The pit was undated.

{2} The survey detected a circular positive anomoly of c.38m diameter, almost certainly a large ring ditch situated exactly where aerial photography predicted. Trial trenching showed a single north-west south-east aligned ditch cut the natural in the middle of the trench… the evidence would suggest that the ditch silted up over a long time period.

{4} The entire circuit of the ring ditch was excavated prior to the construction of the A43 Corby Link Road. Silting of the ditch had occurred over a long period, with the final infill dating to the 2nd century AD. A small assemblage of flint was recovered from the ditch fills and included cores, flakes, blades and a scraper. A small assemblage of animal bone and Iron Age and Roman pottery was also recovered.

<1> Upson-Smith T., 2005, A43 Corby Link Road: NGR SP861833 to 910872, Archaeological Geophysical Survey and Trial Excavation, p. 11 (unchecked) (Report). SNN105624.

<2> Upson-Smith T., 2005, A43 Corby Link Road: NGR SP861833 to 910872, Archaeological Geophysical Survey and Trial Excavation, p. 9 & 11 (unchecked) (Report). SNN105624.

<3> Brown, J., The A43 Corby Link Road: Archaeological works conducted by Northamptonshire Archaeology (Lecture Notes). SNN111495.

<4> Brown, J, Markus, S, and Morris, S, 2019, An archaeological assessment and updated project design for the A43 Corby Link Road, Northamptonshire, June 2012-October 2013 (Report). SNN113099.

<5> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP8885/001-2 (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN104822.

<6> Morris, S, Markus, S and Brown, J, 2023, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and Saxon settlements along the route of the A43 Corby Link Road, Northamptonshire (Monograph). SNN115671.

Record last edited

Nov 28 2023 11:25AM