Monument record 3772 - Possible Iron Age or Roman settlement

Prehistoric or Roman ditches and enclosures visible on air photographs. A number of ring ditches also noted as cropmarks were later found to date to WW2.

{1} Geophysical survey identified a ring ditch, but due to problems caused by interference from a nearby mobile phone transmitter, the results were considered unreliable. Subsequent trial trenching revealed a small pit c.1m diameter x 0.25m deep. The pit fill contained a single sherd of Iron Age pottery, but this may have been residual as the pit had been disturbed by a later field drain.

{2} Cropmarks possibly represent part of a late prehistoric or Romano-British ditched field system.

{3} SP 896 755: Ring ditches and enclosures north west of Burton Latimer on limestone at 80 metres above OD. None is clear on available air photographs. [the ring ditches listed in the text were found to relate to a WW2 searchlight battery]. SP 8940 7547: Enclosure which appears to be roughly rectangular but is not clear on air photographs. A length of ditch traceable for 110 metres runs east from it.

<1> Thomas A., 1997, Land North of Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation, (checked) (Report). SNN62108.

<2> Foundations Archaeology, 2000, Latimer Park, Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Excavation, 2000, p.4 (checked) (Report). SNN100497.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 14-15/Sites 2-6 (Series). SNN77380.

<4> ENRIGHT D., 1997, SMR Report Form, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49198.

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Feb 3 2025 7:49PM