Monument record 5843 - Possible Iron Age Settlement, near Saucebridge farm

Cropmarks of a series of conjoined curvilinear enclosures identified on aerial photographs. Cropmarks of several rectilinear enclosures have also been identified nearby. Geophysical survey targeted the cropmarks and found evidence of two main groups of settlement enclosures.

{1} Cropmarks. A series of sub-circular conjoined enclosures with other isolated sub-rectangular enclosures elsewhere within the field. One enclosure in double-ditched. Two ditches running across the site are probably recent field boundaries.

{4} Geophysical survey found two main groups of activity that are approximately 100m apart, both with a series of curvilinear ditches forming smaller enclosures, and some potential double ditched enclosures. There are also circular features representing Iron Age roundhouses both within and slightly away from the loci of the settlements, and a couple of rectangular enclosures slightly further to the south. It is likely that the features represent several phases of activity, possibly from the Iron Age to the Roman age.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP7957/001-4 (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Cox C., 1996, Brackmills Employment and Extension Site, Northamptonshire: Aerial Photographic Assessment (Archaeology), (unchecked) (Report). SNN103077.

<3> Rees G., 2008, Enclosure Boundaries and Settlement Individuality in The Iron Age, (unchecked) (Article). SNN106040.

<4> Robert Evershed, 2023, ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION REPORT: GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY BY MAGNETOMETRY ON LAND AT THE GREEN, GREAT HOUGHTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (Report). SNN116496.

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Sep 17 2024 8:56AM