Monument record 8860/0/3 - Possible post-medieval/modern quarry pits

{1} A large and elongated magnetic anomaly has been detected in the southern half of Field 2. Its location roughly matches with a quarry pit depicted on the 1958 edition of the Ordnance Survey map (Dicks and Chadwick 2012, fig 5), and its intensity (>3000nT) would be consistent with a large quantity of scrap metal within the backfill of this feature.

A similar, though smaller anomaly occurs at the southern end of Field 4, coinciding with the location of a shallow, embanked hollow (Dicks and Chadwick 2012, plate 2). This may also represent a quarry pit with a metal rich backfill. However, there are narrow positive anomalies which suggest flanking ditches to the north and south of this feature, and they are more difficult to reconcile with a simple quarry-pit interpretation.

Approximately 60m north of the possible quarry pit in Field 4, there is a tightly defined patch of magnetic ‘noise’ which suggests a small backfilled quarry pit or pond. Two much smaller anomalies in the same field suggest other pits but, from their size, these seem unlikely to have been quarries.

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

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Apr 27 2016 1:36PM