Monument record 754/0/1 - Undated Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark: Good quality photography

{1} Irregular four-sided ditched enclosure with rounded corners; 80m x 50m; possibly Iron Age.

{2} Rectilinear earthwork; probable homestead moat. Internal height of bank c.1ft. Ditch profile is well marked and suggests a medieval date. No definite entrances defined. Visible on aerial photographs as a rectangular enclosure with a small annexe to the south-west. Levelled, ploughed and now under pasture. No surveyable remains. Prior to ploughing in 1950 the ditch depth was 4-8ft according to local farmer. OS suggests a native Romano-British farmstead.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.168/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP64SE5 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

Record last edited

Feb 21 2024 9:34AM