Monument record 1718/0/17 - Possible Linear System

Cropmarks of a possible Prehistoric or Roman ditched trackway visible on air photographs.

{1}Possible ditched trackway showing in cropmark - runs south-west to north-east with further ditches running off at right angles - possibly defining a field system. Features confirmed by trial trenching, but no pottery,

{2} The photographs show what may be a ditched trackway, with ditches 5m apart, running south west to north east for a distance of c.75m. Further ditches run off from the trackway at right angles at intervals of 30-40m; they may be field boundaries.

{3} Aerial photos NCCAP: SP9874/2+3+4-7

{4} Air photographs show indistince marks of two parallel ditches, possibly a ditched trackway, traceable for about 90m and orientated NNE-SSW.

{7} Parts of possible enclosures, or could all possibly be geological marks. Info: G. Foard (31/7/80)

{9} R. Hollowell, 1966

<1> Parry S., 1993, Raunds Area Survey Report, p.171 (checked) (Draft). SNN1175.

<2> Shaw M.; Sharman T.; O'Hara P., 1990, Archaeological Evaluation at Ringstead Grange, Northants, p.4, 6-7 (unchecked) (Report). SNN72309.

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

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.83 (part checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<5> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography), (unchecked) (Article). SNN58608.

<6> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/16 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<7> FOARD G.R., 1980, ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN51191.

<8> Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN10162.

<9> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP97SE30 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<10> SHAW M., 1992, Iron Age Settlement Evidence at Top Lodge Near Ringstead Grange, Northamptonshire, p.4 (unchecked) (Article). SNN70230.

<11> 1991, SMR REPORT FORM, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN48973.

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:55PM