Monument record 3122 - Possible Prehistoric Settlement

Three enclosures, the largest of which is roughly circular, double ditched and containing a number of pits and other features, seen on air photographs.

{1-4} Enclosures (SP 923687), E. of South View Farm, on Northampton Sand at 60m above OD. Air photographs show three enclosures, the largest of which is roughly circular and double-ditched with a number of pits and other features inside it. To the N.E. of this enclosure part of another is visible. To the S. is a third, of irregular shape with internal divisions.

{5} The circular enclosure described above (Source 1-4) was mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project from aerial photographs. It possibly is double ditched but may also have a broad ditch about 4metres in width. It measures about 43metres across. The other features described above were not clear and may be geological or from later drainage ditches.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.167/Site 7 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> 1982, Aerial Photography in Northamptonshire 1981, p108 Wellingborough (Checked) (Journal). SNN104561.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP9268/001-10 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> Aerial Photograph, CUCAP ZA61/63 24-JUN-1959 and ZE14 30-JUN-1959 (Photographs). SNN112974.

<5> Aerial Photograph, NHC 2463/26 12-JUN-1984 (Photographs). SNN112974.

<6> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, MD003015 (Archive). SNN113023.

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Feb 7 2025 2:35PM