Monument record 136/0/3 - Probable field boundaries, enclosures and pit alignment, north of Hinton Airfield

Ditched trackway, rectangular enclosures and a pit alignment on air photographs.

{1} Ditched trackway, linear ditches, enclosures and pit alignment (centred SP 542376) in the extreme S of the parish, on the NW side of the disused airfield, on Great Oolite Limestone, between 149 m. and 155 m. above OD. Air photographs (NCAU) show numerous features though some have been obscured or destroyed by the buildings and taxi-paths of the airfield. The clearest feature is a ditched trackway running NW-SE from which extend long linear ditches, perhaps the boundaries of former fields. Further N there are some ill-defined sinuous ditches and to the S is a group of small enclosures and a length of pit aligmnment. Two parallel ditches in the S may be another ditched trackway

{3} Extension of field system recorded on AP in 1982 at (SP 542377)

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.54 site 5 +fig.54 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<3> Foard G.; Richardson D., 1983, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1982 (Aerial Photography), v.18, page 181 (Notes). SNN100412.

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Feb 5 2025 7:04PM