Monument record 2836/0/1 - Bronze Age Barrow, north of Willow Brook

A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on air photographs. The feature survives as a single ring ditch on the latest 2008 specialist oblique photography.

{1} Cropmark of a ring ditch, 30m in diameter; TL02209640; Photograph taken by Hollowell 1969.

{2} Ring Ditch (TL 02209640), on north side of Willow Brook, on limestone at 120ft above OD. Diameter 30m ploughed out. (Air photographs in NMR.)

{3}TL 022964 Circle on air photo taken by R. Hollowell, 1969.

{6} Perambulation not possible as the area was under standing crop. Nothing visible on Aps (AP: OS/73/036/324-5 1973). Hollowell {3} has passed his print to NMR.

{7} A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on air photographs, at TL 0218 9643. The feature, which has a diameter of approximately 22m, survives as a single ring ditch on the latest 2008 specialist oblique photography. It has been previously mapped as part of the Northamptonshire National Mapping Programme.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, TL09NW16 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.8/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography), 4/31 (Article). SNN58608.

<4> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/3 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<5> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<6> Tittensor, A J, 1976, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 AJT 14-JUN-76 (Notes). SNN113157.

<7> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 20758/18 25-APR-2008 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<8> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:TL0296/1+2+4+8+20 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:39PM