Monument record 4462 - Possible Prehistoric Burial Site, west of Chapel Brampton

Cropmarks of a ditched trackway, enclosures, a ring and linear features were identified on aerial photographs. During the Northamptonshire NMP a series of possible square barrows were identified, but not the linear features identified previously. Part of the Brampton Complex.

{1} NCCAP:SP7266/002+6-11+31+95-7.

{2} To the north of a ditched trackway at SP72316623 is a ring ditch c.75ft in diameter.

{3} Ditched trackway,enclosures,ring ditch and linear features (centred SP 723662),immediately NE of the village,on Northampton Sand at 110m above OD.Air photographs (in NMR) show a ditched trackway running SW-NE which can be traced across the parish boundary into Chapel Brampton where it may have joined 2 other trackways.Two small rectangular enclosures are also visible (SP 72306615) as well as a ring ditch 20m in diam. (SP 72336623). All these cropmarks are crossed by a series of linear features running NNW-SSE.These are difficult to interpret since some appear as broad bands up to 20m wide whereas others are certainly narrow ditches set close together.Their purpose is unknown but they may indicate a field system the boundaries of which have been re-cut on a number of occasions. [Many of the linear cropmarks were not subsequently identified during the Northamptonshire NMP]

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP7266/002+6-11+31+95-7. (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, p. 5 (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.21 Site 10 (Series). SNN77381.

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Feb 10 2025 6:46PM