Monument record 3514 - Iron Age enclosures and ditched trackway

IA enclosures and ditched trackway on air photographs

{1} Iron Age enclosures and ditched trackway (SP 894619,894623).The excavation of the main enclosure revealed a pre-enclosure phase and two phases of development of the enclosure.Associated pottery was of late Iron Age type.
NCCAP:SP8961/1-19; NCCAP:SP8962/1-5;

{2} Cropmarks, enclosure; St Joseph APs Iron Age B hill fort? (SP) 894618 Preliminary excavation carried out by Hall and Nickerson (Nothing visible on available APs (RAF 1947)

{7} The principle rectangular enclosure 170ft x 100ft has rounded corners and a ditch 10ft wide and 7ft deep. The entrance is to the east and inside the enclosure is a semi-circular ditch of about 35ft. radius, 3ft wide and 3ft deep, recut at least once. A large part of this enclosure has been excavated.

{8} Mr Hall said the site is located at SP 894 619. Apart from ascertaining dimensions of the ditches the excavations produced nothing else of interest. The topographical position is not suitable for a hill-fort classification; the site is astride a N-S ridge with overlooking ground to the immediate south; now under plough; no finds were made.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.139/Site 1 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Hall D.N., 1966, Sites on the North Bedfordshire and South Northamptonshire border, p.1-12 (unchecked) (Article). SNN37934.

<3> Hall D.N., 1971, Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal (Vol.6), p.18-19 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN34512.

<4> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography), 4/32 (Article). SNN58608.

<5> Brown, A E (ed), 1972, Northamptonshire Archaeology, 6/17 (Journal). SNN25623.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86SE17 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<7> Hall D.N., 1969, Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal (Vol.4) (Journal). SNN29018.

<8> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, CUAP,BCJ 74-6 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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