Monument record 968/0/1 - Possible post medieval enclosure

Uncertain feature, interpreted as a double ditched enclosure, although the cropmarks may have a modern origin.

{2} "Long Buckby SP 601672. Possible double ditched squarish enclosure", on an AP by J Pickering.

{3} Air photos show cropmarks of what appears to be at least one double-ditched trapezoidal enclosure only 15m across with straight sides. There may be a similar enclosure attached to the first on the south east side, but this is not clear on available air photos.

{4} Cropmarks of parallel ditches and a possible enclosure in a field quarried for sand and gravel. Features of modern origin?

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

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1973, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1972, 8/26 (checked) (Journal). SNN8956.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.131 site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Foard G, Oral Report to SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN107208.

<5> Richards J., 2013, Rye Hill, Watford Gap: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, (unchecked) (Report). SNN109596.

<6> Morton R., 1998, Land Adjacent To Ryehill Farm, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, Archaeological Assessment, (checked) (Report). SNN100014.

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Feb 4 2025 7:21PM