Monument record 2147 - Possible Saxon/Medieval Settlement, Northampton Road

Air photos show a small rectangular enclosure with a possible entrance on the south side. Further ditches extend to the north and south east. These may be part of a larger enclosure now destroyed by modern development to the east.

{1} Cropmarks of a small rectangular enclosure with an extension to the north. To the south a length of ditch runs NW-SE.

{3} Air photos show a small rectangular enclosure with a possible entrance on the south side. Further ditches extend to the north and south east. These may be part of a larger enclosure now destroyed by modern development to the east.

{4} Aerial photos: NCCAP: SP8464/006-7+16-18.

{6} Site walked by R Hollowell but no surface finds made. Under Corn.

<1> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography), 4/31 (unchecked) (Article). SNN58608.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/8 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.40 Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<5> Annotated Record Map, Northants Museum 6" (Map). SNN112961.

<6> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, F1 JB 08-SEP-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

<7> Brown, A E (ed), 1971, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, p. 8 (Journal). SNN13960.

<8> HALL D.N.; HUTCHINGS J.B., 1972, The Distribution of Archaeological Sites Between The Nene and The Ouse Valleys, p. 13 (Article). SNN35780.

<9> Brown AE, 1980, Aerial Photography 1980, p. 178 (Notes). SNN104579.

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Feb 10 2025 6:45PM