Monument record 895/1/4 - Section of Bannaventa Town Defences (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark: Non-destructive fieldwork. The north-eastern section of the town defences

{2} A magnetometer survey was undertaken at Whilton Lodge, the site of Bannaventa Roman town. The most obvious and conspicuous archaeological feature identified during the geophysical survey was a series of boundary ditches forming the north-eastern corner of the defensive circuit which had surrounded the late Roman posting station. The anomalies suggest a circuit of two ditches with an internal bank which presumably was faced by a stone wall noted elsewhere on the defensive circuit. Immediately south of the eastern extent of these ditches a road crosses these ditches, exiting by a possible postern gate through the defensive wall.

Possible internal features were also identified.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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

<2> Young, S. & Kay, F., 2017, Geophysical survey of the north-east corner of the walled Roman posting station of Bannaventa (Whilton Lodge) Norton Northamptonshire (Report). SNN110623.

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Mar 20 2017 12:15PM