Monument record 3173 - Probable Prehistoric Settlement, north-east of Newton Road

An extensive area of cropmarks recorded from aerial photographs including rectilinear enclosures, probable hut circles and ditched boundaries.

{1} Cropmarks recorded in 1980 & 1981. Comprises enclosures, including an oval enclosure, ring ditches, parallel ditches in sets of two and three, pits and ditches.

{2} NCCAP:SP9868/001-20.

{4} The ring ditch may be a former windmill site.

{5} The cropmark features described above (Sources 1-2) were mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project from aerial photographs. The complex of linear ditches, enclosures, ring ditches and two possible oval enclosures are centred at SP 98031 68136. Overlapping ditches and enclosures suggest settlement activity of different phases that are likely to date to the Iron Age and Roman periods.

<1> 1982, Aerial Photography in Northamptonshire 1981, p.107 Higham Ferrers (checked) (Journal). SNN104561.

<2> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, SP9768 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<3> Rees G., 2008, Enclosure Boundaries and Settlement Individuality in The Iron Age, (unchecked) (Article). SNN106040.

<4> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1981, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1980, P. 207 (Article). SNN100418.

<5> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NHC 1966/26 15-JUL-1981 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<6> Info Terra Ltd; Blue Sky; Tele Atlas, Google Earth Imagery, JUN-2005 ACCESSED 14-NOV-2018 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN112277.

<7> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, MD003015 (Archive). SNN113023.

Record last edited

Feb 3 2025 7:36PM