Monument record 3252/1 - Possible Iron Age/Roman enclosure

A D-shaped ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Located in a field about 494 metres ESE of Higham Park, the ditch is up to 3 metres wide and encloses an area about 18.2 metres WSW-ENE and 15 metres NNW-SSE.

{1} A small D-shaped enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in June 2011 in the course of the annual English Heritage reconnaissance programme. It appears to be no more than 10 - 12 metres wide, with the straight side facing southeast.

{2} As described at {1} above, the D-shaped ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project. Located in a field about 494 metres ESE of Higham Park and centred at SP 98632 64084, the ditch is up to 3 metres wide and encloses an area about 18.2 metres WSW-ENE and 15 metres NNW-SSE.

<1> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27056_034-035 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 (Archive). SNN113023.

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Feb 4 2025 8:35PM