Monument record 3726 - Probable Iron Age/Roman settlement, near Glebe Farm

Site originally identified as a cropmark of a single ring ditch and interpreted as a possible Bronze Age round barrow. Geophysical survey undertaken in 1995 located a series of at least six annular and oval ring ditches with interrupted circuits and a triangular enclosure. A possible second enclosure was also identified.

{1} Cropmark of a ring ditch; possibly a round barrow;

{2} Magnetometer and resistivity surveys were carried out in 1995 to confirm the interpretation of the feature identified as a cropmark. The surveys located a series of features of greater complexity and extent than anticipated, indicating the presence of at least six annular and oval ring-ditches with interrupted circuits and a triangular enclosure. Other possible ditch alignments were also detected, perhaps forming a second enclosure around the ring-ditches. The ring ditch can now be interpreted as a settlement feature and is one of several similar features, of apparently differing phases, set within and amongst ditched enclosures.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP: 9670/024 (Photographs). SNN104822.

<2> Payne, A., 1995, Report on geophysical survey, March 1995; Raunds Area Project: Cropmark 1344/1/1, near Glebe Farm, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN111425.

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Mar 20 2019 2:20PM