Monument record 1356/1 - Possible Roman settlement, Ditchford Road

Undated ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Geophysical survey undertaken in 2025 identified further enclosure ditches and a trackway, probably of Roman date, to the south-west of the known cropmark site.

{2} Undated ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and were mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project. It is possible that some of the ditches are prehistoric in date related to past human activity but one of the south-east orientated ditches seem associated with early 20th century ironstone quarry activities

{4} Geophysical survey undertaken in 2025 identified at least two rectilinear enclosures with evidence of internal features or partitions. To the west of, and adjoining, the enclosures was a trackway aligned broadly north to south and traced for c130m. These features are located to the south-west of the previously identified area of cropmarks.

<1> Northamptonshire HER Collection of Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Vertical Aerial Photograph, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM DEC-2006 21-FEB-2019 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN112695.

<3> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, MD003015 (Archive). SNN113023.

<4> Chris Manktelow and Sean Emery, 2026, Archaeological geophysical survey along the Stanton Cross pipeline route Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, December 2025 (Report). SNN117127.

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Jul 2 2026 4:45PM