Monument record 2647/0/1 - Possible prehistoric/Roman settlement, south of Tansor

Cropmark/earthwork of an irregular rectilinear enclosure identified on aerial photographs and lidar imagery. Geophysical survey identified a probable ring ditch, as well as curvilinear enclosures and a sub-rectangular enclosure.

{1} Cropmark; unclassified. Lies in area of ridge and furrow.

{2} A detailed geophysical survey on three fields to the south of Tansor identified a series of probable archaeological features including a circular anomaly, possibly a ring ditch, c30m in diameter. In the field to the south were four curvilinear enclosures; the largest, at 100m diameter, had two internal curvilinear enclosures and clusters of discrete pit-type anomalies both internally and externally. A sub-rectangular enclosure was detected in the east of the area. A further curvilinear enclosure was detected in the south-west of the field and may also have been detected in the field immediately to the south.

{3} An archaeological watching brief was maintained during soil stripping for a site compound. The soil strip did not extend below the subsoil and no archaeological features were uncovered.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:TL0590/010 (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Butler A.; Fisher I., 2004, Tansor and Cotterstock Sewers, Northamptonshire: Detailed Gradiometer Survey Interim Report (Interim Report). SNN106737.

<3> Thorne A., 2005, Archaeological Watching Brief on the Compound for Anglian Water Sewage Scheme Tansor and Cotterstock S101A Northamptonshire February 2005 (Full Report). SNN105280.

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Apr 19 2023 10:37AM