Monument record 6821/1 - Probable Iron Age settlement, east of Globe Farm

Geophysical survey and trial trench excavation identified a rectangular enclosure.

{1} A rectangular enclosure was identified during the geophysical survey and subsequently investigated during trial trench excavation. Geophysical results indicate that the enclosure is roughly 50m long by 40m wide and is not isolated, further less prominent features appear to extend on either side, to the north and south, but not to the east or west. An entrance may lie on the north side, roughly 3m wide. The enclosure is bisected on a north-west to south-east alignment by a later feature which is thought to have been a small quarry railway.

The ditch was excavated within two of the four trenches, and both ditch sections show a steep and well formed regular V-shaped cut with a narrow, largely uneroded, base.

A pit and postholes were also found.

<1> Brown, J., 2014, Archaeological geophysical survey and trial trench evaluation of the A45 Northampton to Daventry Link Road, Northamptonshire, 2013-2014, p.43 & 47 (Report). SNN110061.

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Sep 26 2024 11:36AM