Monument record 8856/1 - Probable Iron Age/Roman settlement, east of Denford Old Covert

An Iron Age and/or Roman ditched trackway, enclosures and boundaries are recorded as cropmarks on EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2011 and are also partially visible on Google Earth aerial photographs taken in the 2006. The trackway follows a sinous route, mostly north to south for about 630 metres. Enclosures, of varying shapes and sizes, but mostly measuring between 10 metres to 30 metres across, are appended or overlie the length of the trackway. They probably indicate a settlement and associated land division. A ditched boundary to the east of the northern end of the trackway, in an adjacent modern field could be related to this site.

{1-2} An Iron Age and/or Roman ditched trackway, enclosures and boundaries are recorded as cropmarks on EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2011 and are also partially visible on Google Earth aerial photographs taken in the 2006. Only the southern half is visible on the GE photos.

The trackway follows a sinous route, mostly north to south for about 630 metres and is centred at TL 0274 7605. Enclosures, of varying shapes and sizes, but mostly measuring between 10 metres to 30 metres across, are appended or overlie the length of the trackway. They probably indicate settlements and associated land division. A ditched boundary to the east of the northern end of the trackway, in an adjacent modern field, could be related to this site.

<1> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27157_040-043 11-JULY-2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<2> English Heritage, Vertical Aerial Photograph, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2006 ACCESSED 20-NOV-2014 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN112245.

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