Monument record 4517 - Possible prehistoric settlement

Cropmarks of a possible prehistoric pit alignment, ring ditch, likely to be a bronze Age round barrow, and probable enclosures have been identified on aerial photographs. Fieldwalking survey has found worked flint in the vicinity.

{2} Crop marks seen at SP 730658 by R Hollowell. (Nothing visible on available APs, OS 1965).

{3} The site is sloping arable land at present under winter crop. There are no surface indications and no finds have been reported.

{4} Ring ditch and enclosures (SP 730658) N of Brampton Grange, on Northampton Sand at 95m above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show one large circular feature, perhaps a ring ditch, with two incomplete rectangular enclosures to the W and SE. Worked flints, including scrapers and cores, have been found a little to the SW.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP: SP7365/002, 003, 004, 006, 022, 023 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Prehistoric) (Article). SNN20962.

<3> Seaman, BH, 1969, Field investigators comments (Notes). SNN111907.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, Page 19, fig 26 (Series). SNN77381.

<5> Brown, A E (ed), 1971, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, P. 39 (Journal). SNN13960.

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Feb 3 2025 7:55PM