Monument record 9701/0/21 - Possible Iron Age/Roman ditched enclosure, Salcey Forest

Earthworks of a rectangular enclosure. The enclosure was originally considered to have curving ditches, but lidar imagery indicates that it is rectangular. It has been truncated by later features associated with the forest.

Pre Coppice Earthwork Banks. 3=Archaeological Site Number

{1} In Rush Coppice there is a slightly marked curving ditch 1.5m wide with internal banks. Ditches at the north and south of it become slowly less marked in a south-easterly direction, but appear to represent three sides of an irregular enclosure about 40m diameter. An Iron Age or Roman date is possible.

{3} Lidar imagery indicates that the enclosure is rectangular but has been truncated by later features. It is c103m long and 72m wide with the long axis aligned approx east to west. Much of the enclosure is still visible, apart from the north-eastern corner.

<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> Environment Agency, LIDAR Composite DTM - 1m, Accessed 18/10/2024 (Digital Plots). SNN111710.

Record last edited

Oct 18 2024 12:53PM