Monument record 2053 - Possible Settlement, possibly prehistoric or Roman

Cropmarks of probable archaeological features have been identified on aerial photographs. Worked flint has been found in the same area.

{1}An unclassified cropmark which was observed in 1967 by R. Hollowell;

{2} Enclosures and ditches (SP 841605) immediately N of The Firs, on limestone at 76 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show a series of indeterminate ditches or enclosures and one circular feature

{4} (SP 842607) Cropmarks. AP R Hollowell. August 1967. (Nothing visible on available Aps RAF 1960).

{5} In the same area a number of flint tools, including a transverse arrowhead, two barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, scrapers and cores have been discovered. A scatter of bones, perhaps human, has also been noted.

{8} R Hollowell has not walked this site. Now under corn.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86SW43 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.19 site 1 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Hollowell S, 2000-01, Roe farm Prehistoric Settlement, (unchecked) (Article). SNN103965.

<4> Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN10162.

<5> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/7 (Journal). SNN106546.

<6> Brown, A E (ed), 1972, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, Page 2 (Journal). SNN58344.

<7> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1973, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1972, Page 3 (Journal). SNN8956.

<8> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, JB 08-SEP-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

Record last edited

Feb 7 2025 2:20PM