Monument record 2181/0/1 - Probable late prehistoric/Roman enclosures, east of Clopton

Air photographs taken in 1970 show three small squarish enclosures close together in an east-west line. Further aerial photographs taken by Historic England in 2006 and 2011 show the three enclosures. Adjoining the easternmost enclosure is a larger sub-square enclosure.

{1} Cropmark of enclosures, east of village on flat land at 230ft above OD. Air photographs, not seen by RCHM, apparently show three small enclosures in an east-west line;

{2} Air photographs taken 1970 show three small squarish enclosures c100ft square close together in an E-W line. The easternmost has attached to it on the east a larger 4-sided dependent enclosure;

Centered: TL07308013;

NCCAP:TL0780/1(+);

{3} The cropmark traces of the enclosures described by the previous authority were seen at TL 0724 8008 and mapped from aerial photographs taken in July 2006 by English Heritage as part of the Reconnaissance Recording programme. The main enclosure is rectilinear and irregular in form, defined by a single ditch and measures approximately 80m x 170m. The north-western corner is occupied by a smaller curvilinear enclosure 17m in diameter which may be the primary enclosure. Some 45m to the west of these features is a second small curvilinear enclosure which also measures approximately 17m across. These enclosures may be Later Prehistoric in date.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.29/Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/7 (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR TL 0780/6 NMR 24362/25 17-JUL-2006 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<4> Oblique Aerial Photograph, Historic England AP: 27159_040, taken 11/07/2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

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Jul 26 2024 3:04PM