Monument record 3507/1 - Prehistoric/Roman settlement and pit alignments

A possible prehistoric or Roman settlement consisting of pit alignments, enclosures and a trackway seen on air photographs.

{1} Settlement and pit alignments (SP 89556382), on alluvium at 45m above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show a compact group of small enclosures, with a possible ditched trackway approaching from the S.W. Two intersecting pit alignments lie immediately to the E. and another isolated enclosure to the N.

{2} Air photographs show two pit alignments running NNE-SSW and NE-SW for 150yds and meeting at about SP89546377. to the NW are two small conjoined rectangular enclosures of c 1/4 acre, the most northerly divided by an E-W ditch which runs to the easternmost pit alignment. The enclosures are approached from the S by a narrow ditched path.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 177/Site 7, Fig 156 (Series). SNN77380.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, p. 18/ Wollaston (4) (Journal). SNN106546.

Record last edited

Jul 11 2024 1:00PM