Monument record 4061 - Possible Prehistoric/Romano-British Settlement

Possible rectangular enclosure on air photographs. Pits and a possible ring ditch are recorded on photographs of 1978 in the same area. Now developed.

{1} Sub rectangular ditched enclosure with entrance on north side. This might possibly be connected with the rectangular feature marked on the map in Archaeologia 35.

{3} Enclosure (?) (centred on SP 75205720), S. of Wootton Hall, on Great Oolite Limestone, at 92 m. above OD. An Air photograph shows rather vague cropmarks which may be a rectangular enclosure. A further air photograph, taken in 1978, record pits and a ring ditch (?) in the same area. A site is marked in this area on a mid 19th century map of archaeological sites.

<1> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography), 4/32 (Article). SNN58608.

<2> Brown, A E (ed), 1971, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, 5/40 (Journal). SNN13960.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 423/Site 2 (Series). SNN77383.

<4> 1982, Aerial Photography in Northamptonshire 1981, 17/108 (Journal). SNN104561.

<5> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP7557/1-13 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<6> The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1853, Archaeologia (35), 35/pl. 16 (Journal). SNN58177.

<7> Williams J.H.; Shaw M.; Hardy S., 1978-1984, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Secondary Record Sheets, A28 (Catalogue). SNN108.

<8> COWLEY D.E.; FOARD G.R., 1979, Aerial Archaeology in Northamptonshire, 14/97 (Article). SNN60721.

<9> Rees G., 2008, Enclosure Boundaries and Settlement Individuality in The Iron Age, (unchecked) (Article). SNN106040.

Record last edited

Feb 3 2025 7:53PM