Monument record 2198/1 - Possible prehistoric settlement

Cropmarks of an enclosure and a ring ditch

{1} Air photography taken in 1969 shows what might be a sub-rectangular enclosure of c.1 acre, with to the south of it a ring ditch c.100ft in diameter.

{2} Ring Ditch and Enclosure (?) (TL 07838985), in the north-east of the parish on Oxford Clay at 100 ft. above OD. Diameter of the ring ditch 35 m. To the north (at TL 07858994), air photographs show indistinctly what may be a sub-rectangular enclosure of just under 0.5 hectares.

{4} 25 inch sketch plot.

<1> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, p.17 Site 1 (checked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.94/Site 6 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography), 4/32 (checked) (Article). SNN58608.

<4> Nene Valley Research Committee SMR Records, (checked) (Index). SNN4499.

Record last edited

Feb 7 2025 2:27PM