Monument record 9701/0/29 - Possible Iron Age earthwork enclosure, Salcey Forest

Roughly circular banked and ditched enclosure believed to be Iron Age in date

Pre Coppice Earthwork Banks. 2=Archaeological Site Number. Enclosure

{1} Roughly circular enclosure, 80m in diameter. First reported in 1960 by a forestry officer and mapped in 1974. It has an exactly similar ditch and rampart construction as the Egg Rings [HER No: 5414/0/1, lying 500m to the south-east] and is likely to be contemporary with them, possibly of Iron Age date.

{4} Bordering part of the eastern boundary of Hartwell in Salcey Forest is an irregular enclosure, with a ditch and rampart still well preserved. This is probably of Iron-Age date, and suggests the forest is not primeval, as has been found with medieval woods in Northants.

<1> Hall D.N., 1996, Salcey Forest, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Interpretation Survey 1996, (unchecked) (Report). SNN62534.

<2> Hall D.N., 2001, Northamptonshire Woodland Survey Archive, (part checked) (Digital archive). SNN109590.

<3> Woodfield, C., 1980, The Egg Rings: A Defended Enclosure in Salcey Forest, 15/156-8 (Article). SNN107.

<4> Hall, D N, 1975, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (5), p. 7-8 (Journal). SNN9947.

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Oct 18 2024 12:23PM