Monument record 4623 - Uncertain Activity, Possibly Modern

Cropmarks of possible buildings identified on aerial photographs. Possibly modern in origin.

{1} Cropmarks (SP 705621) lie in the NE of the parish on Lower Estuarine silts and clays at 104m above OD. Air photographs (NMR) show a group of at least ten rectangular dark patches, all orientated NE-SW and varying in size from 5m by 2m to 20m by 10m, all within an area about 60m wide. Some of the patches are surrounded by lighter marks suggesting former banks. They are cut by the cropmarks of an old hedge-line and by a modern farm track. The date and purpose of the site is unknown but it may be relatively recent.

{2} The location of a complex building, undated. Recorded on AP in 1976.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.74/Site 9 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Pickering J., 1977, AP List for North-West Northamptonshire, p. 229 (Catalogue). SNN39535.

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Nov 9 2023 3:36PM