Monument record 9809/1 - Possible Iron Age and/or Roman enclosures and boundaries, south of Caldecott

Possible Iron Age and/or Roman enclosures and boundaries are recorded as faint cropmarks on EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2011. These may indicate a settlement and/or associated land division. A sinuous ditched boundary extends for at least 330 metres on a north-east to south-west alignment. Small ditched rectilinear and curvilinear enclosures, measuring from about 10 metres across to 50 metres across, extend along the length of the boundary, most on the south side, but some to the north.

{1} Possible Iron Age and/or Roman enclosures and boundaries are recorded as faint cropmarks on EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2011. These may indicate a settlement and/or associated land division. A broad sinuous ditched boundary, measuring about 2-4 metres across, extends for at least 330 metres on a north-east to south-west alignment. Small ditched rectilinear and curvilinear enclosures, measuring from about 10 metres across to 50 metres across, extend along the length of the boundary, most on the south side, but some to the north. The site is centred at SP 9887 6837.

{2} The enclosures and linear ditches are as described above {1} and were mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project from aerial photographs.

<1> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27156_026-031 11-JULY-2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<2> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27156/30 11-JUL-2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

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