Monument record 95/2 - Iron Age settlement, west of Bozeat Grange

Iron Age settlement enclosures recorded as cropmarks and excavated.

{1}Iron Age settlement (SP 900 566) immediately W of Bozeat Grange, on Boulder Clay at 107 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show a number of circular features associated with a large D-shaped enclosure and some linear ditches. Excavations were carried out on the site between 1963 and 1967. The ditch of the large enclosure was sectioned and a ditch 3 m. wide and 2.7 m. deep was revealed. A trench inside this enclosure showed part of a hut-circle floored with cobbles. One
of the circular features was also partly examined; this had a surrounding ditch, 2.6 m. wide and 1.8 m. deep. Within it was a hut-circle 17 m. acorss. The pottery was of late Iron Age type. Earlier ditches were also discovered.

{5} Two ditched enclosures at SP 90015653 and SP 90065656 were excavated in 1964 and 1966 respectively. The former, hexagonal in shape, some 350ft across contained a hut circle. The second (see plan) was circular, 120 ft in diameter and also contained a hut circle,with an earlier ditch beneath, suggesting seasonal occupation. Pottery of Iron Age 'B' type was found in quantity over the whole area.

{6} Mr Hall said this occupation site is probably associated with the much larger area of IA activity immediately to the W (SP 85 NE 19,21,26). There is no surface evidence of the enclosures.

{7} No further information. The settlement is under the plough with no surface indications.

{8} Cropmarks of three enclosures.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 3 site 4 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/3 site 4 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> Hall D.N., 1966, Sites on the North Bedfordshire and South Northamptonshire border, p.13 (unchecked) (Article). SNN37934.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<5> Hall D.N., 1971, Pre-Roman Iron Age Sites at Bozeat and Strixton, Northamptonshire, 6/p. 17-22 (Article). SNN75144.

<6> Seaman, B H, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 BHS 04-AUG-1970 (Notes). SNN111541.

<7> Stevens, P A, 1974, Field Investigator's Comments, F2 PAS 25-MAR-1974 (Notes). SNN113167.

<8> Aerial Photograph, AP K.Field. 18.7.70 (Photographs). SNN112974.

<9> Aerial Photograph, AP's (St Joseph) (Photographs). SNN112974.

<10> Aerial Photograph, AP (CUAP LS 79 81 VO9-10) (Photographs). SNN112974.

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Apr 1 2025 4:32PM