Monument record 9514/0/11 - Iron Age enclosure

{1} A single ditch, recut on at least two occasions, cut through the subsoil on an approx east-west alignment. After the ditches were partly infilled a single layer of soil was added to level the ground. Twenty one sherds of Iron Age pottery were recovered.

{2} Enclosure defined by a ditched boundary which had been recut at least four times, gradually moving to the east. The fills imply the that ditch filled up slowly in phases.

{3} Enclosure 1 was oval in plan, defined by a ditch which had been recut 4 times, gradually moving the enclosure to the east. The earliest cut into the natural to a depth of 0.4m. This was cut by a ditch with a more U shaped profile. The next ditch lay to the east with a V shaped profile. The fourth ditch cut had a similar profile and lay further to the east. The final cut in the sequence was a large V shaped cut. Internally only a small part of the enclosure was excavated and no features were found.

<1> 1996, Archaeological Trial Excavation, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire Stage : February 1996, p.2 (checked) (Report). SNN101370.

<2> Parry S. ; Atkins R. ; Masters P., 1999, Archaeological Investigation: Sywell Areodrome, Northamptonshire, Stage 2: April - May 1996, p.6 (checked) (Report). SNN100027.

<3> Atkins R, Parry S, Holmes M, and Meadows I., 2001, Excavations of Iron Age Settlements at Sywell Aerodrome (1996) and at Ecton (1992-3) Northamptonshire, 29/51 (checked) (Article). SNN103932.

<4> 1997, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter, 27/40 (checked) (Journal). SNN100581.

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