Monument record 2087/5/1 - Enclosures and Pit Alignment, part of the East Houghton Complex

Cropmarks of enclosures and pit alignment identified on aerial photographs.

{1} Cropmarks of enclosures, pit alignment and ditches. The pit alignment can be seen running for c275 yards from SP81106002 to SP81326016. A sub-rectangular enclosure lies to the north at SP81146010. A cropmark in the next field appears to continue the pit alignment for 150yards. Attached to its north side are two irregular enclosures with ditch running off.

{4} Enclosures and Pit Alignment (centred SP 810600). Air photographs (CUAP, AVD 33– 7 and in NMR) show a pit alignment orientated N.E.— S.W. and traceable for 500 m. Near its S.W. end it passes through a group of small enclosures which have a ditched trackway and another pit alignment running N. from them. At its N.E. end the first pit alignment has a small double enclosure attached to it.

Fieldname: Beech Spinney Hill (?).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86SW51 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/14/SITE 6 (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography), 4/32 (Article). SNN58608.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, Little Houghton Site 11 (Series). SNN77380.

<5> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1974, Archaeology In Northamptonshire 1973, p. 44 (Article). SNN9109.

Record last edited

Aug 27 2024 3:25PM