Monument record 1491 - Possible Prehistoric Settlement, north-east of Moorwell Leys Spinney

Cropmarks of probable adjoining rectilinear enclosures aligned broadly north-east to south-west along with possible trackways have been identified on aerial photographs.

{1} Enclosures. NCCAP:SP7474/002-4.

{2} Enclosure and trackway (SP 746750) W of the village, on Upper Lias Clay, at 100 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show parts of a rectangular enclosure with irregular sides and an apparent entrance on the SW. To the S is a length of ditched trackway and further S again perhaps part of another enclosure.

{3} (SP 748751). An Iron or Romano-British enclosure on AP in 1978. [Possibly the same as the enclosure identified at (SP 746750)]

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, P. 115/site 3 & Fig 89 (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Cowley D.E., 1977, NCC Aerial Photography Report (Northamptonshire 1976), p. 230 (Report). SNN21820.

<4> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire II (Central), 889836 (Archive). SNN112900.

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Feb 3 2025 8:56PM