Monument record 4637/0/2 - Possible Prehistoric Trackway, north of Fallow Walk

Fallow Walk cropmarks; two parallel linear ditches

{1} Cropmarks recorded by Hollowell in 1963; ditches;

{2} Cropmarks of 2 parallel ditches; possible continuation of ditches from RN746400; info: G.Foard (16/11/1979); aerial photos NCCAP:SP7464/003-4;

{5} Twin parallel positive anomalies detected curving through the south of the survey area are likely to represent a late prehistoric or Roman trackway. Definition of these anomalies was lost towards the west of the area where, in the south west corner, a set of rectilinear positive magnetic anomalies were indentified.

{6} Archaeological evaluation identified ditches in most of the trenches that crossed the route of the assumed trackway. Most were undated, although a pair in one of the trenches contained pottery dating to the late Iron Age/Roman period.

<1> Northampton Museum Topographical Index, Site List (unchecked) (Index). SNN1470.

<2> FOARD G.R., 1979, Oral Report to SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN51203.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> Connor A., 1999, Land at Buckton Fields, Boughton, Northamptonshire: An Archaeological Desk-Top Study, Appendix A (unchecked) (Report). SNN104913.

<5> Butler, A., 2005, A geophysical survey on land at Buckton Fields, White Hills, Northampton, p.3 (unchecked) (Report). SNN106593.

<6> Thacker, G. and Pickard, C., 2017, Buckton Fields West, Northampton: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Report). SNN111292.

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:25PM