Monument record 2705/0/3 - Possible prehistoric/linear ditches

Cropmarks, partly crossing the Swans Nest Complex, including linear ditches. May be associated with the possible Roman settlement remains (HER 2697/0/1). Extensive frost wedging makes interpretation difficult. May extend further north-west.

{1} Linear ditches and Roman settlement (TL 06689598-06959555). The ditches are indistinctly shown on all available photographs and extensive frost-wedges in the gravel make interpretation of features difficult. There are perhaps more enclosures and other features in the area. At the SE end of these ditches, between them and an old
quarry (centred TL 070957), traces of Roman occupation have been discovered (HER no 2697/0/1).

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

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 68/Site 18 (Series). SNN77379.

<3> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire I (North-East), 890486 (Archive). SNN113295.

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Feb 4 2025 7:41PM