Monument record 3569/0/1 - Possible Prehistoric Ditched Trackway

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Summary

Cropmark of a possible ditched trackway

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

{1} Ditched Trackway (?)(SP 85626098 - SP 85816113), in the north of the parish, on clay at 86 m above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show two parallel ditches 17 m apart, oriented NE-SW and visible for some 80 m. On air photographs taken in 1947 before ploughing the 'trackway' appears as a double headland between two end-on furlongs of ridge-and-furrow.


<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.16/Site 1 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/5/SITE 1 (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, AP (RAF VAP PEW/UK/1994 1195-6) (Photographs). SNN104890.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1979. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 2. HMSO. p.16/Site 1 (unchecked).
  • <2> Journal: HOLLOWELL R.. 1971. Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley. Bulletin of Northants Federation of Arch Societies. 6. Northants Archaeology Soc. 6/5/SITE 1.
  • <3> Photographs: Royal Air Force. Vertical Aerial Photography. AP (RAF VAP PEW/UK/1994 1195-6).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 4857 2611 (188m by 151m) Centred on
Civil Parish CASTLE ASHBY, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • NRHE HOB UID: 345582

Record last edited

Dec 8 2023 2:35PM

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