Monument record 3711 - Possible Iron Age/Roman settlement, north-west of Newton Lodge
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Summary
Possible Iron Age and/or Roman enclosures, probably indicating a settlement site and associated land division, are recorded as faint cropmarks on EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2011. A ditched boundary extends roughly east-west for about 300 metres. Appended to the south side of this is a curvilinear enclosure measuring about 35 metres by 25 metres. Curving around the south side of this enclosure there is another enclosed area about 10 metres wide. Extending south from this, more ditched boundaries partially enclose an area measuring 50 metres north to south and at least 300 metres east to west. The southern boundary is parallel to the ditched boundary defining the northern edge of the visible extents of the site.
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
{1} Possible Iron Age and/or Roman enclosures, probably indicating a settlement site and associated land division, are recorded as faint cropmarks on EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2011.
A ditched boundary extends roughly east-west for about 300 metres. Appended to the south side of this is a curvilinear enclosure measuring about 35 metres by 25 metres. Curving around the south side of this enclosure there is another enclosed area about 10 metres wide. Extending south from this, more ditched boundaries partially enclose an area measuring 50 metres north to south and at least 300 metres east to west. The southern boundary is parallel to the ditched boundary defining the northern edge of the visible extents of the site.
The cropmarks extend over an area measuring about 400 metres by 200 metres centred at SP 9922 6700.
{2} The enclosures are as described above (Source 1) and were mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project from aerial photographs.
<1> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27155_001-007 11-JULY-2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.
<2> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27155/2 11-JUL-2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.
<3> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP (Archive). SNN113023.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1>XY SNN111738 Aerial Photograph(s): Oblique Aerial Photograph. NMR 27155_001-007 11-JULY-2011. [Mapped feature: #82479 Cropmarks visible on aerial photographs, ]
- <2>XY SNN111738 Aerial Photograph(s): Oblique Aerial Photograph. NMR 27155/2 11-JUL-2011. [Mapped feature: #82479 Cropmarks visible on aerial photographs, ]
- <3> SNN113023 Archive: Bedford Borough Council HER. Undated. Bedford Borough NMP. Historic England Archive.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 9923 6698 (244m by 263m) |
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Civil Parish | NEWTON BROMSWOLD, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- NRHE HOB UID: 1589669
Record last edited
Feb 17 2025 6:55PM