SNN104749 - Geophysical Survey Report: Land North of Kettering, Northamptonshire

Scanning, using fluxgate gradiometers, indicated areas of potential interest in the north and middle of the application area and isolated anomalies in the south. Detailed survey revealed a small circular enclosure within a large square enclosure in the centre of the study area; strong responses in this area may indicate cultivation and industrial activity associated with this site. At the southern end of the site three groups of very strong responses may also indicate industrial activity, however, it is equally possible that they represent outcropping geology. At the northern end of the site a scatter of pit type anomalies may be archaeological in origin. Ploughing trends across the site do not follow the current direction of ploughing and are therefore presumed to date to earlier cultivation activity. Many of these trends have been enhanced by the disruption of magnetically enhanced natural deposits.