Monument record 4464/1 - Prehistoric settlement, east of Sandy Lane

Air photographs show a pit alignment aligned east to west as well as an oval double-ditched enclosure, a rectilinear enclosure and a double-ditched ring ditch. The oval enclosure was not identified by the later NMP survey,

{1} Ring ditches,enclosures and pit alignment (SP 726658),on Northampton Sand at 105m above OD.Air photographs (in NMR) show a pit alignment running W-E and traceable for 250m.It cuts an oval double-ditched enclosure which is also intersected by a small L-shaped length of ditch.To the S is a rectangular enclosure,and to the N a double ring ditch which has linear ditches running E and W from it.The E linear ditch appears to intersect several other features including a ditched trackway running SE.

{3} SP 726658 and SP 726656. Circle, and possible pit alignment found by aerial photography in 1967.

{7} These marks fall on level arable land. There are no surface indications.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.19/Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP76NW14+15 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Prehistoric), p.5+32 (unchecked) (Article). SNN20962.

<4> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography), 4/31 (Article). SNN58608.

<5> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/7/SITE 3 (Journal). SNN106546.

<6> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Miscellaneous), p.5+32 (unchecked) (Article). SNN108660.

<7> Seaman, BH, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 BHS 06-MAR-1969 (Notes). SNN111907.

Record last edited

Feb 10 2025 6:46PM