Find Spot record 3527/0/2 - Possible prehistoric flint scatter and cropmarks, south of The Old Lodge

A slight flint concentration was identified south of the The Old Lodge during fieldwalking survey. Cropmarks were reportedly seen in 1962 by R Hollowell. Although he was subsequently able to confirm the approximate location to the Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, he was unable to locate the photograph. The nature of the cropmarks is unclear. None are depicted on the cropmark plot contained in Jackson 1995, which deals with salvage work on cropmark sites in the vicinity in advance of gravel extraction.

{1}Fieldwalking survey identified a slight flint scatter and several large areas of dark soil. Some of the charcoal was derived from hedge burning, but some was of uncertain origin.

{2} (SP 882619) Cropmarks (seen by) R Hollowell July 1962. (Nothing visible on available APs RAF 1946).

{4} Cropmarks visible on aerial photographs of July 1962. Unclassified.

{5} R Hollowell confirmed the field in which these marks fell but cannot, at the moment, trace the photograph (if one was taken). He intends to fly the site later in the year and will re-photograph.

<1> Foard, G, Undated, Fieldwalking plan, The Old Lodge, Grendon, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN57456.

<2> Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN10162.

<3> FOARD G.R., ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN51304.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86SE40 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<5> Colquhoun, FD, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 FDC 20-AUG-70 (Notes). SNN111540.

<6> Jackson D.A., 1995, Archaeology at Grendon Quarry, Northamptonshire: Part 2, Other Prehistoric, Iron Age and Later Sites Excavated in 1974-5, and Further Observations Between 1976-80 (Report). SNN70994.

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