Monument record 5414/0/1 - The Egg Rings, Salcey Forest

Earthworks of banked and ditched oval enclosure believed to be Iron Age in date

{1/2} Earthworks of a possible Iron Age settlement. A sub-oval enclosure of bank (0.5m high) and external ditch (1.5m deep) with one entrance in the centre of the east side. There is later damage to the south and east sides and the interior is featureless apart from modern drains. Plan included. Field name: Egg Rings.

{3} Assessment of importance and condition of monument.

{5} in the south of Prentice Coppice lies an enclosure of 1.19ha called the Egg Rings. It is marked by a bank and ditch 20m wide and was first mentioned in 1849; an Iron Age date is possible, c800 BC-45AD.

{5}Pre Coppice Earthwork Banks. 1a=Archaeological Site Number. Site known as 'Egg Rings'

<1> Woodfield, C., 1980, The Egg Rings: A Defended Enclosure in Salcey Forest, 15/156-8 (unchecked) (Article). SNN107.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.74/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> CADMAN G.E., 1996, SMR REPORT FORM, (unchecked) (Report). SNN49723.

<4> Hall D.N., 1996, Salcey Forest, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Interpretation Survey 1996, (unchecked) (Report). SNN62534.

<5> Hall D.N., 1996, Salcey Forest, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Interpretation Survey 1996, (unchecked) (Report). SNN62534.

<6> Hall D.N., 2001, Northamptonshire Woodland Survey Archive, (part checked) (Digital archive). SNN109590.

<7> Hayward D.; Keston T., 2014, Eggrings, Salcey Forest, nr. Hartwell, Northants, (unchecked) (Report). SNN109933.

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Oct 18 2024 12:14PM