Monument record 8860/0/2 - Possible medieval/post-medieval ditches

The survey results indicate at least one medieval or post-medieval boundary ditch, some other possible ditches and nineteenth-century field boundaries.

{1} Two crooked positive linear anomalies have been detected in the north-western field, and possible continuations of each are present in the north-eastern field. They could represent infilled ditches, but their irregular courses and variable magnetic intensities suggest that alternative interpretations as natural gullies or outcrops of magnetically enhanced geological strata should also be considered. Other linear anomalies occur to the south-east and these seem more convincing as ditches. In particular, the linear anomaly which runs east to west through the eastern field appears to represent a continuation of the linear ditch which survives as an earthwork in the adjacent field to the west (Dicks and Chadwick 2012, plate 2).

<1> Walford, J. and Meadows, A., 2014, Archaeological geophysical survey at Catch Yard Farm, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, (checked) (Report). SNN110127.

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