Monument record 2626/0/4 - Probable Prehistoric Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark: Good quality photography

{1} TL06239178. Air photograph taken in 1969 shows three sides of a straight-sided enclosure covering at least 2 acres. In the south-east corner is a sircular internal feature c.90ft in diameter.

{2} Air photographs show a small settlement of rectangular form with a circular feature, either a ring ditch or a hut circle, within it. The settlement is connected to a long length of parallel ditches, probably a trackway running in a north-east to south-west direction. Cropmark plan.

{4} NCCAP:TL0691/001-4+14-15.

<1> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, p.18 (checked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.106 Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, TL09SE7 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

Record last edited

Oct 2 2023 11:04AM