Monument record 2454/1 - Possible prehistoric enclosures

Earthworks of a rectangular enclosure, possibly Bronze Age. A trial trench excavated across the enclosure ditch did not find any dating evidence. The tip lines confirm the presence of an internal bank.

{1} The feature appears considerably larger from air photo evidence. NCCAP:SP9284/003+23-25.

{2} A roughly trapezoidal enclosure 25m x 15m, and bounded by a low bank and external ditch, which have been reduced by ploughing to less than 0.5m. There is no trace of an entrance.

{3} Enclosure (earthworks). A square, ditched enclosure on a hill top. Ploughed in 2002 but not visited.

{4} Trapezoidal enclosure at SP92908421. The remains of the enclosure are under root crop and were not available for inspection/survey.

{6} Depression within enclosure interpreted as a WWII bomb crater;

{7, 8} Machine-cut trial trench across the south-east side ditch of the enclosure in 1984, by G.Foard. The ditch was found to be 6ft 6ins deep and filled with sterile boulder clay except for a few fragments of animal bone near the base. The tip lines confirm the former presence of an internal bank.

{9} A ditched enclosure, trapeziod in shape, located at SP92908421.

{10} Centred to SP 929842 are the remains of the enclosure visible on air cover, it is under standing root crop and close inspection/survey was not possible.

<1> FOARD G.R., 1981, Oral Report to SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN51038.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.21 Site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> Hall D.N., 1960-1999, Rockingham Forest Project: Archaeological Sites Recorded by David Hall, Brigstock/Site 8 (checked) (Database). SNN102279.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP98SW3 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<5> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<6> FOSTER P., 1988, Changes in the landscape: an archaeological study of the clay uplands in the Brigstock area of Northamptonshire, p.113 (Dissertation). SNN71342.

<7> FOARD G.R., 1985, ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN50978.

<8> Foard, G., 1984, Site Records, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN57350.

<9> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, CPE/UK/2405, 4027 (24.11.47) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<9> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire I (North-East), 890528 (Archive). SNN113295.

<10> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 12-NOV-69 (Note). SNN111452.

Record last edited

Nov 19 2024 1:09PM