Monument record 4488/0/1 - Prehistoric Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

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Summary

Crop/soilmark: Good quality photography

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

{1} Enclosures, ring ditches and linear ditches centred on SP717664. Air photos show cropmarks of great complexity, covering some 10ha. There is a double ring ditch at SP71706633, on the south-western edge of the complex.

{2} Cropmark of a double ring ditch to the north-east of ditched enclosures.

{3} Brampton, SP717664. Circle and rectangular enclosures.


<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.21 Site 8 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

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

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

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1981. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 3. HMSO. p.21 Site 8 (checked).
  • <2> Photographs: Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections.
  • <3> Article: Brown A.E. (Ed.). 1970. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography). Bulletin of Northants Federation of Archaeol Socs. 4. University of Leicester. 4/31 (checked).

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7169 6630 (38m by 40m) Central
Civil Parish CHURCH BRAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jun 26 2013 10:54AM

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