Monument record 2475 - Possible Iron Age Settlement, south of Home Farm Cottages

Cropmarks of a small D-shaped enclosure covering just under 1ha, with a ditch extending north-eastwards from its northern corner. A scatter of stone, bone and late Iron Age pottery has been found on the site.

{1} Fieldwalking in 1975 identified a stone area with 6 Iron Age body sherds and a fragment of bone.

{2}Cropmarks at SP90728050 show a small D-shaped enclosure covering just under 1ha, with a ditch extending north-eastwards from its northern corner. A scatter of stone, bone and late Iron Age pottery has been found on the site.

{3} SP90728050. Air photographs show cropmarks of a D-shaped enclosure with a ditch curving away to the north-east from its northern corner. To the south is a curved length of ditch with one portion roughly parallel to the south side of the main enclosure. Stone scatter with associated bone and late Iron Age pottery found.

{4} NCCAP:SP9080/001-2 [not found in collection!].

<1> BELLAMY B., 1980, ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN51439.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.150 Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.201 Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, p.18 (checked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1976, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1975, p.184 (checked) (Journal). SNN169.

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

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Feb 7 2025 2:29PM