Monument record 1765/0/11 - Possible Early Bronze Age round barrow, Stanwick Quarry

A small ring ditch, closely circular in plan, with an internal diameter of 10.5m was observed during an archaeological watching brief at Stanwick Quarry.

{1} A small ring ditch, closely circular in plan, with an internal diameter of 10.5m. It was observed after machine stripping down to clean gravel, which may have truncated as much as 0.40m from the top of the ditch. As a result, around the western half of the circuit it survived to a maximum width of only 0.25m, with a V-shaped profile, and was no more than 0.1m deep. To the north and south it survived either as a truncated ditch bottom or as a stain on the gravel where it had been fully removed, and part of the eastern side had been totally lost.
No organic or carbonised material survived. The monument is therefore undated, although it seems most likely to date to the early Bronze Age.

<1> Chapman, A., 2004, Prehistoric palaeochannels and a ring ditch at Stanwick Quarry, Northamptonshire (watching brief 2002-2004) (Article). SNN112189.

<1> Chapman, A., 2004, Prehistoric palaeochannels and a ring ditch at Stanwick Quarry, Northamptonshire (watching brief 2002-2004), p.15 (checked) (Full Report). SNN105065.

<2> CBA South Midlands Group, 2003, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (33), 33/55 (checked) (Journal). SNN103380.

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