Monument record 3217/0/1 - Iron Age/Romano-British D-Shaped Enclosure

A D-shaped ditched enclosure of possibly Iron Age but probably Roman date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Roman pottery pebbles and a quernstone indicate a settlement.

{1} SP92786012 Dungee Corner, D-shaped enclosure of c.0.5acres photographed from the air in 1965.

{2} Enclosure and Roman settlement (SP 9275 6010) in the NW of the parish, immediately W of the Roman Road 170, on Boulder Clay at 95 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show a cropmark of a small D-shaped enclosure. Just outside it to the SE Roman pottery, pebbles, limestone rubble and a quernstone have been found.

{3} Mr Hall described this as a small occupation site, and in the same field at SP 92596001 is a similar one which may be part of the same complex.

{4} RB sherds, pebbles, limestone and a quernstone have been found at 928601 in the parish of Bozeat (from context a field scatter).

<1> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, p.3 Bozeat Site 3 (checked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.3 Site 9 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Seaman, B H, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, 4-AUG-70 (Notes). SNN111541.

<4> Info Terra Ltd; Blue Sky; Tele Atlas; Getmapping, 2009, Google Earth Imagery (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN106618.

<5> Hall D.N., 1966, Sites on the North Bedfordshire and South Northamptonshire border, P. 3 (Article). SNN37934.

<6> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, MD003015 (Archive). SNN113023.

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May 21 2024 2:30PM