Monument record 2698/1 - Probable Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery, east of Lyveden Farm

Cropmarks of a number of possible Bronze Age ring ditches identified on aerial photographs. Some of the ring ditches appear to lie beneath the cropmarks of a Romano-British settlement.

{1} Fotheringhay Lodge Complex. In Nassington parish, a number of ring ditches appear to lie under the [Roman] settlement. All the ring ditches are probably former barrows, but some may be hut circles connected with the settlement.

{2} Fotheringhay Lodge Complex lies in the N.E. of the parish on gravel and limestone, along the edge of the flood-plain of the R. Nene, at about 50 ft. above OD. The major part of the site consists of a Roman 'village' with a main 'street' or trackway running through it. To the S.E. of the settlement is a villa, with which it is presumably associated. In addition there are a number of ring ditches, most of which are probably the remains of round barrows although some may be hut-circles. Other finds of the prehistoric and Roman periods have also been made in the area.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCC AP: SP0795 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 40/Site 13 & p. 67/Sites 1-15 (Series). SNN77379.

<3> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire I (North-East), 890510; Figure 50 on page 41 (Archive). SNN113295.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, CUAP, ADR30-34., AVD 52-54, ZF39-48 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<5> LEE, E S., 1991, RCHME Recorder, Lee, E.S. 14-Jun-1991 RCHME Recording (Note). SNN114837.

<6> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire I (North-East), 890510 (Archive). SNN113295.

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Feb 10 2025 8:05PM