Monument record 4541/0/4 - Possible prehistoric ditch (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

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Summary

Crop/soilmark: Poor quality photography

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

{2} Air photos show what appears to be a series of overlapping enclosures, although only one is complete.

{3} Sub rectangular enclosure of 1/3 acre with entrance on north west photographed from air in 1969. A length of ditch runs south west for c.100 yds from its south corner and turns to run north west for c.50 yds. Several right angles lengths of ditch intersect these features.
Field name: Allotment Field


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

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.110 site 3 9checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/16 site 2 (checked) (Journal). SNN106546.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Photographs: Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections.
  • <2> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1979. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 2. HMSO. p.110 site 3 9checked).
  • <3> Journal: HOLLOWELL R.. 1971. Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley. Bulletin of Northants Federation of Arch Societies. 6. Northants Archaeology Soc. 6/16 site 2 (checked).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7887 6694 (74m by 49m) Central
Civil Parish MOULTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 15 2023 9:41AM

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