Monument record 4442/1/1 - Possible prehistoric ring ditch and flint-working site, west of Brixworth

Cropmarks of a ring ditch are said to have been seen, and on the ground a number of worked flints, described as of Bronze Age type, have been found. The flints included 66 scrapers, nearly 80 cores and over 300 waste flakes

{1} Cropmark visible in 1962 aerial photograph; ring ditch and ditch forming part of rectangular encosure; NCCAP:SP7369/1+6+7

{4} Cropmarks of a ring ditch are said to have been seen, and on the ground a number of worked flints, described as of Bronze Age type, have been found. The flints included 66 scrapers, nearly 80 cores and over 300 waste flakes;

[the possible round barrow may be associated with the modern mounds identified to the south- HER 4441/0/1]

<1> Northampton Museum Topographical Index, Site List (checked) (Index). SNN1470.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.28/Site 10 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> HALL D.N., 1977, SITE LIST, (unchecked) (Typescript). SNN60867.

<4> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1971, Archaeology in Northamptonshire, 1970 (Prehistoric), p. 3 (Article). SNN55279.

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