Monument record 3248 - Prehistoric Settlement, east of Wollaston Road

A double ditched banjo-type enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The cropmarks of a small irregular enclosure with an entrance on the south from which project two curving 'antennae', set within a larger rectangular enclosure. Located in a field adjacent Wollaston Road SW of Greenfield Lodge, the feature comprises two subcircular 'double' ditches that encloses an area about 83.5 metres in diameter. Within the double-ditches is a banjo-type ditched enclosure, the entrance for which extends SSE through the boundaries of the outer ditches.

{1} Irregular enclosure with a funnel-shaped entrance passage, photographed in 1966. The westernmost of the entrance ditches turns through 90 degrees and runs due west; the easternmost ditch turns, runs due east, and then turns again to run north and then west.

{2} Settlement (SP 906603): fig 18), in the N of the parish, on Boulder Clay at 91 m. above OD. Air photographs (in the NMR) show a small irregular enclosure with an entrance on the S from which project two curving 'antennae'. This is set within a larger rectangular enclosure.

{5} A double ditched banjo-type enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project. Located in a field adjacent Wollaston Road about 600 metres SW of Greenfield Lodge and centred at SP 90628 60324, the feature comprises two subcircular ‘double’ ditches up to 4 metres wide that encloses an area about 83.5 metres in diameter at its widest. Within the double-ditches is a banjo-type ditched enclosure, the entrance for which extends SSE through the boundaries of the outer ditches.

{6} Under crop. In form this cropmark is similar to IA/RB sites with which it is surrounded.

{7} (SP 906603) Cropmarks (seen by) R Hollowell October 1966. (Nothing visible on available Aps RAF 1946)

<1> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, p. 3/Site 2 (Journal). SNN106546.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 4/ Site 11 (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP96SW25 (Index). SNN443.

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

<5> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27053/026 29-JUN-2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<6> Seaman, B H, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 BHS 04-AUG-70 (Notes). SNN111541.

<7> Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map (Map). SNN10162.

<8> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, MD003015 (Archive). SNN113023.

Record last edited

Feb 7 2025 2:36PM