Monument record 4448 - Probable prehistoric and Roman settlement, north-east of Hoe Hill Spinney

Cropmarks of ditched enclosures, including a large D-shaped enclosure at the eastern edge of the site, as well as probable boundary ditches, a pit alignment and undated quarry. Roman pottery and a small number of worked flints have been found.

{1} Roman pottery and a few worked flints have been discovered on the ground and cropmarks of enclosures are said to have been seen from the air.

{2} SP 729680 Hoe Hill. Ro sherds and a few worked flints found in February 1965 on a site which shows cropmarks of
enclosures. (Nothing visible on available APs (OS 1965))

{3} The indicated area is arable and under crop. There are no surface indications.

{5} (SP729680) Cropmarks seen in 1978 as a ditched trackway

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.20/Site 12 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Roman), p.9 (unchecked) (Article). SNN58197.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP7268/1-14+18-20+27-31+35 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> Seaman, BH, 1969, Field investigators comments, 06-MAR-1969 (Notes). SNN111907.

<5> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1979, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1978, P. 97 (Article). SNN45225.

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