Monument record 229/0/1 - Possible Enclosure, Undated

Air photographs show a double-ditched enclosure, although the south-west side appears to have been destroyed by the road.

{1} Enclosure (?) (SP 549391), W. of Steane Park, immediately north of the A422 road, on Great Oolite Limestone at 132 m above OD. Air photographs (NCAU) show all but the south-east side of what appears to be a double-ditched enclosure 30 m by 20 m, orientated south-west to north-east. The south-west side, if it existed, has been destroyed by the road. Two roughly parallel linear features to the N. of the enclosure appear to be modern.

{?} Cropmarks of a possible rectangular enclosure. This corresponds to existing landscape features and this is possible modern. It also lines up with the avenue to the north west of Steane Park. However, it might relate to the alignment of the Roman road in Brackley.

{2} NCCAP: SP5539/11-17.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.54/Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

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Oct 23 2023 2:35PM