Monument record 2762 - Probable Iron Age/Roman settlement, south-west of Dungee Barn
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Summary
A linear arrangement of enclosures, probably Iron Age and/or Roman, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Located in a field about 468 metres SE of Newlands Farm, the cropmarks extend over an area about 345 metres SW-NE and 143 metres NW-SE. The complex of accreted circular, D-shaped, curvilinear and subcircular ditched enclosures of various sizes is linked by a sinuous external ditch up to 5 metres wide.
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Type and Period (13)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- D SHAPED ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- D SHAPED ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- RING DITCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- RING DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- SUBRECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
Full Description
{1} A linear arrangement of enclosures is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in June 2011, in the course of the annual English Heritage reconnaissance programme. Visible within a single arable field (but presumably continuing futher in both directions), the cropmarks are visible for a distance of circa 350 metres, the enclosures seemingly all attached to one side of an irrergular linear ditch. However, the primacy of linear over enclosures is far from certain. The enclosures vary markedly in size and shape, and there is one clear entrance of causeway through the linear.
{1a-2} As described at {1} above, a complex of accreted circular, D-shaped, curvilinear and subcircular ditched enclosures of various sizes of probable Iron Age or Roman date is linked by a sinuous external ditch are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project. Located in a field about 468 metres SE of Newlands Farm and centred at SP 92515 59516, the cropmarks extend over an area about 345 metres SW-NE and 143 metres NW-SE. The sinuous ditch is up to 5 metres wide and extends 392 metres SW-NE from SP 92406 59413 to SP 92590 59701. From its NW facing side are attached at least 10 accreted enclosures of varying sizes and shapes, as well as a probable ring ditch, the probable drip gully of a former round house.
<1a> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27053/015 29-JUN-2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.
<1> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27053_011-018, 021-023 29-JUN-2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.
<2> Bedford Borough Council HER, 1996, Georeferenced composite layer of vertical aerial photographs taken in 1996. Held by Bedford Borough Council HER (Archive). SNN111739.
<3> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, MD003015 (Archive). SNN113023.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1>XY SNN111738 Aerial Photograph(s): Oblique Aerial Photograph. NMR 27053_011-018, 021-023 29-JUN-2011. [Mapped feature: #82473 Cropmarks from aerial photographs, ]
- <1a>XY SNN111738 Aerial Photograph(s): Oblique Aerial Photograph. NMR 27053/015 29-JUN-2011. [Mapped feature: #82473 Cropmarks from aerial photographs, ]
- <2> SNN111739 Archive: Bedford Borough Council HER. 1996. Georeferenced composite layer of vertical aerial photographs taken in 1996. Held by Bedford Borough Council HER.
- <3> SNN113023 Archive: Bedford Borough Council HER. Undated. Bedford Borough NMP. Historic England Archive. MD003015.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 9248 5955 (229m by 305m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BOZEAT, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- NRHE HOB UID: 1591817
Record last edited
Feb 17 2025 6:56PM
