Monument record 2590/0/2 - Prehistoric trackway

Cropmark of linear ditches aligned roughly east to west. The parallel ditches have been interpreted as an Iron Age droveway following excavation. They were consistently spaced 4m apart.

{1} Linear ditches extending across the line of the Roman road. At the south east end the north ditch disappears. These may be compared with similar ditches at Peterborough formerly described as tracks but subsequently excavated and interpreted as defensive ditches probably dating from the Iron Age.

{3} Trenches 11 and 14: Ditch 1050 was 4.25 x 2.7 x 0.5m, linear in plan with staright parallel sides and aligned north west south east. It had steep sides and a flat base. Its lower fill contained moderate flat angular limestone fragments but no finds and its upper fill ocntained mid-late Iron Age pottery and animal bone.
Trenches 11, 14 and 16: Ditch F1053 was 4.25 x 2.8 x 0.65m, linear in plan with straight parallel edges and aligned north wers south east. It had relatively steep sides and a flat base. Its fill contained moderate flat angular limestone fragments but no finds.

{10} Further archaeological excavation to the west of the 2007 excavation re-encountered the possible Iron Age droveway. The ditches were 5m apart. Nine sherds of late Iron Age pottery were recovered from the ditch fills.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.106/Site 10 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<3> Pole C., 2007, Proposed Processing Plant, Elton Estate, Northamptonshire: An Archaeological Evaluation, p.13-4 (unchecked) (Report). SNN105984.

<4> Newton A., 2006, Proposed Processing Plant, Elton Estate, Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Report). SNN105872.

<5> Barlow, G., 2008, Proposed Processing Plant, Elton Estate, Northamptonshire: A 'Strip, Map and Sample' Archaeological Excavation Interim Site Narrative, p.15-6 (unchecked) (Report). SNN106249.

<6> Stone, Pip, 2008, Proposed Processing Plant, Elton Estate, Warmington, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Excavation Post Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design, p.11 (unchecked) (Report). SNN106248.

<7> Stone, Pip, 2008, A Beaker Burial and Iron Age droveways on the Elton Estate, Warmington, Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Note). SNN106232.

<8> Stone, Pip, 2008, The Proposed Processing Plant, Elton Estate, Warmington, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Excavation Research Archive Report, (unchecked) (Report). SNN106247.

<9> Stone, Pip, 2015, A Beaker burial and Iron Age droveway on the Elton Estate, Warmington (Article). SNN110321.

<10> Podbury, L, 2022, Elton 2, Warmington, Northamptonshire, Extension to existing plant site: Archaeological evaluation and 'strip, map and sample' excavation, https://doi.org/10.5284/1112556 (Report). SNN115184.

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