Monument record 4763/0/2 - Part of probable late Iron Age/Roman ditched enclosure, Pury End Quarry

Geophysical survey identified the corner of a probable ditched enclosure on the northern edge of the survey area. The feature has been, at least partially, truncated by later quarrying.

{1} Geophysical survey undertaken in 2018 identified an L-shaped section of ditch with a rounded corner near to the northern edge of the survey area. A large anomaly immediately to the north is typical of a backfilled quarry pit likely to be post-medieval in date. It cuts across the enclosure ditch. Further backfilled quarry pits lie to the east.

{2} Geophysical survey undertaken in 2024 detected the L-shaped section of ditch that was initally found in the 2018 survey. The survey also found some well less defined linear anomalies that can be seen within the quarry boundaries. A curving ditch, possibly forming one side of an enclosure, was detected in the north of Field 2. Numerous pit-like features were detected, with some arranged into a linear scatter stretching c200m in the south or the survey area. Another possible cluster of pits is located c70m north of the L-shaped ditch within the gap in the quarry.

<1> Crothers, M and Walford, J, 2018, Archaeological desk-based heritage assessment and geophysical survey of land at Pury End Quarry, Towcester, Northamptonshire, June 2018, p. 27 (Report). SNN111544.

<2> Chris Manktelow, 2024, Archaeological geophysical survey at Pury End, Towcester Northamptonshire September 2024 (Report). SNN116655.

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Feb 25 2025 8:10PM