Monument record 951/0/1 - Possible Round Barrow

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Summary

Cropmark of a ring ditch identified on aerial photographs.

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

{1} Aerial photo NCCAP:SP6065/20

{2} To the east (at SP605651) is a ring ditch, 15m in diameter, with a smaler ring ditch attached to its west side, only 7m across. There is another curving ditch on the south side of the main ring ditch, parallel to it, and only 5m from it.
[N.B. By describing this with the Roman settlement at Thrupp RCHME appear to be suggesting that this feature is Roman.]


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

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.153 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Young, S. & Kay, F., 2019, Geophysical survey of hinterland fields adjacent to Watling Street to the North West of the Posting Station of Bannaventa, Norton, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN111380.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph(s): Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (unchecked).
  • <2> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1981. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 3. HMSO. p.153 (checked).
  • <3> Report: Young, S. & Kay, F.. 2019. Geophysical survey of hinterland fields adjacent to Watling Street to the North West of the Posting Station of Bannaventa, Norton, Northamptonshire. CLASP Fieldwork Reports. 2/19. CLASP.

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6050 6512 (29m by 25m) Central
Civil Parish NORTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • NRHE HOB UID: 339805

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:21PM

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