Monument record 3910/4/1 - Romano-British Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark: Non-destructive fieldwork. Represents the aerial plot of Enclosure E which was subsequently partially excavated.

{1} Cropmarks of possible enclosures. NCCAP:SP8881/001+13-16+26-28.

{2} SP88488188. Air photographs taken in 1970 show three conjoined rectangular enclosures.

{3} SP884818. A series of three ditched enclosures was located by aerial and geophysical survey.

{4} In 1970 air photos of the area revealed a series of rectangular ditched enclosures.

{5} Recent aerial photography and geophysical survey located a series of enclosures which have been found to date from the early C1st BC to the early C2nd AD.

{6} Cropmarks of a D-shaped enclosure, rectangular enclosures and two parallel ditches; the ditches may relate to the nearby Roman road. (Aerial photos NCCAP:SP8881/023+24.)

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

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in The Upper Nene Valley: A Record of Fifteen Years' Work, p.18 (checked) (Journal). SNN69712.

<3> Wilson D.R., 1971, Roman Britain in 1970, p.266-7 (checked) (Journal). SNN58458.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.152 Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<5> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1971, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1970, p.26 (checked) (Journal). SNN100525.

<6> Kettering Museum Records, (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN28658.

Record last edited

May 9 2012 4:41PM