Monument record 4631/0/1 - Possible Prehistoric Enclosure, south of Hardingstone Lodge

Air photographs show enclosure and ditch

{1} Enclosure (?)(SP 786571) in the extreme N of the parish, on Upper Lias clay at 107 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show what appears to be part of a rectangular enclosure with a well-marked entrance in the centre of the W side. A linear ditch intersects it.

{2} NCCAP:SP7857/006.

{4} (SP 786571). Cropmark, a faint ditch recorded on AP in 1979.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.62/Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

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

<3> CHADWICK P.; STEPHENSON A., 1999, Archaeological Desk Based Assessment: Land North of Brackley, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN63160.

<4> Cowley, D E and Foard, G R, eds, 1980, Aerial photography in Northamptonshire 1979, p. 177 (Article). SNN112709.

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:30PM