Monument record 1795 - Probable Iron Age and/or Roman settlement, south of New England Farm

A rectilinear ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Located in a field SSW of New England Farm, the up to 4 metres wide ditch encloses an area about 26 x 19 metres. A gap in the NE facing side may be an entrance. From the NW corner, a linear ditch extends NE for about 21 metres, then turning SE for 51 metres. Identified during Northamptonshire's and Bedfordshire's NMP projects.

{3} Small roughly square enclosure on Boulder Clay: dimensions unknown.

{5, 6} A rectilinear ditched 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 about 170 metres SSW of New England Farm and centred at TL 01774 70299, the up to 4 metres wide ditch encloses an area about 26 x 19 metres. A gap in the NE facing side may be an entrance. From the NW corner, a linear ditch extends NE for about 21 metres, then turning SE for 51 metres.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/13 (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 48/Site 5 (Series). SNN77379.

<4> Foard G.; Richardson D., 1983, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1982 (Aerial Photography) (Notes). SNN100412.

<5> Bedford Borough Council HER, 1968, Georeferenced composite layer of vertical aerial photographs taken in 1968. Held by Bedford Borough Council HER (Archive). SNN112712.

<6> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NHC SF2065/24 11-AUG-1982 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<7> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, MD003015 (Archive). SNN113023.

Record last edited

Jan 31 2025 3:12PM