Monument record 4651/0/1 - Undated Enclosure & Other Ditches

Cropmarks of an enclosure and other ditches have been identified on aerial photographs.

{5} Enclosure and ditches (SP 715564) S of the village on gravel at 79m above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show, very indistinctly, the cropmarks on the N part of a small rectangular enclosure with sharp corners. Immediately to the W are two curving lengths of ditch associated with a very large pit. There are other cropmarks in the same area but these have no distinct pattern. A small quantity of worked flint has been noted in the area.

{6} NCCAP: SP7156/009.

<1> Northamptonshire Archaeology, 7/57 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN17108.

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1977, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976, 12/230 (unchecked) (Report). SNN723.

<3> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1978, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1977, 13/180 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN2192.

<4> 1978, ROTHERSTHORPE FIELD MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN58736.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.127 Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<6> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN104822.

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Jul 5 2023 12:56PM