Monument record 8750/3 - Medieval/post-medieval linear features, south-west of Dagnall Farm

Drainage ditches/water channels between the River Ouse and the Grand Junction Canal, approximately 300m south west of Mountmill Farm, Wicken, Northamptonshire

{1, 2} Drainage ditches or water channels of medieval/post medieval date are visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and were mapped as part of Historic England’s North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project. Located approximately 300m south west of Mountmill Farm, Wicken, Northamptonshire, and centred at SP 76070 37558. These ditches are between the course of the Grand Junction Canal and the River Great Ouse, cut into the floodplain and around areas of ridge and furrow earthworks. Similar earthworks are recorded on the south side of the river too. Underlying geology is Superficial Deposits of Alluvium and River Terrace Gravels, overlying Lias Group Mudstones.

<1> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF/CPE/UK/1792 RS 4174 11-Oct-1946 (Photographs). SNN104890.

<2> Environment Agency, LIDAR Composite DTM - 1m, LIDAR SP7637 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2021 date accessed 18-May-2022 (Digital Plots). SNN111710.

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Feb 25 2025 7:02PM