Monument record 2067 - Probable Iron Age/Roman enclosures, west of Ecton

Aerial photographs show an indistinct group of enclosures and associated ditches

{1} Enclosure immediately west of the village on clay. Air photographs (in NMR) show indistinctly a group of enclosures and associated ditches;

{2} Hollowell, 1962;

SP822635.

{5} R Hollowell confirms the site but has not walked it. At present under barley

{6} Enclosure (SP 824635) immediately W of the village on clay at 90 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show indistinctly a group of enclosures and associated ditches.

{7} (SP 822635) Cropmarks seen by R Hollowell 28 7 62 (Nothing visible on available AP's RAF 1960)

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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86SW29 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/11/SITE 4 (Journal). SNN106546.

<4> Foard G.; Richardson D., 1983, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1982 (Aerial Photography), p182 Ecton (Notes). SNN100412.

<5> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, 08-SEP-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

<6> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire II (Central), P49, Fig 50 (Mon 13) (Archive). SNN112900.

<7> Northampton Museum Records (Uncertain). SNN126.

Record last edited

Apr 2 2024 11:02AM