Monument record 4945/0/1 - Possible Prehistoric Enclosure & Trackway

Enclosure and trackway on air photographs, probably Iron Age or Roman

{1} Enclosure and Trackway (SP 708626), on N.W. edge of the parish on Estuarine Limestone at 102 m. above OD. An aerial photograph (not seen by NDC or RCHM) showed a double-ditched enclosure and trackway probably of Iron Age or Roman date.

{2} The aerial photograph is not published but may be a continuation, or mislocation, of HER 4622.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.251 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Holmes M., 1992, Northampton, North-West Bypass: Archaeological Survey, Stage 1, p.5 (checked) (Report). SNN73443.

<3> Williams J.H.; Shaw M.; Hardy S., 1978-1984, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Secondary Record Sheets, A54 (Catalogue). SNN108.

<4> Cowley D.E., 1977, NCC Aerial Photography Report (Northamptonshire 1976), p. 229 (Report). SNN21820.

Record last edited

Nov 9 2023 3:28PM