SNN108283 - Geophysical Survey Report: The Robson Land, Radstone Fields, Brackley, Northamptonshire

Detailed survey revealed nine ring ditches and three penannular, or possibly D-shaped, enclosures in three locations, separated by magnetically blank areas of field. Several of the enclosures have clearly defined ditch terminals suggesting entrance ways. In all three areas other archaeological type anomalies suggest the possibility of further ring ditches and enclosures but they are incomplete and therefore the interpretation cannot be as precise; although it is likely that all three areas indicate settlement or occupational activity. Two groups of pits in field 1 are probably associated with the settlement in this field, though they may indicste an area of planting. Parallel linear trends in many of the survey areas indicate former plouging activity, some of which may relate to ridge and furrow cultivation. These responses are strongest in the areas containing the settlement activity, this is probably due to the agricultural action damaging the more magnetic deposits. Other archaeological type anomalies and trends have been recorded in many of the survey areas, including a possible area of quarrying in field 8. Although the responses may be of some interest, they are generally weak and isolated, therefore, definitive conclusions cannot be applied; natural variations or agricultural activity are equally likely to account for some of these responses.