Monument record 6671 - Probable Iron Age boundary ditches, south of the A45

Archaeological investigation identified curving parallel ditches following the contour of the slope. The presence of several ditches on the same line indicates a long-lived boundary.

{2} Trial trench excavation identified curving boundary ditches in two trenches. Two linear features aligned north-west to south-east, were present in the centre of T3. These parallel features were only 1.5m apart and are interpreted as ditches. Both ditches extended across the width of the trench. The south-westernmost of the two was the more substantial ditch, 1.74m wide x 0.73m deep, its fill similar to the other ditch. This larger ditch contained three sherds of Iron Age pottery.
Within T4 a ditch feature observed is considered to be the same ditch as the larger of the two observed in T3. Within T4 this ditch was 2.1m wide x 1.06m deep. It contained no dateable evidence but association with the ditch in T3 suggests that it represents a late Iron Age boundary ditch.

<1> Bartlett A., 2011, Warth Park, Raunds, Northamptonshire: Report on Archaeological Geophysical Survey, 2011 (Report). SNN110680.

<2> Marshall N., 2011, Warth Park Phase II, Raunds, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation, p.7 (checked) (Report). SNN108259.

Record last edited

Jan 11 2021 11:37AM