SNN109619 - Land at High Street, Naseby, Northamptonshire: Geophysical Survey, November 2013

Detailed magnetic gradiometer survey was undertaken in connection with proposed development on land to the rear of the Roma Works, High Street, Naseby, Northamptonshire. The survey area totalled 1.6ha. The survey plot is dominated by strong linear responses, some likely to be indicative of ditched features, others reflecting the presence of extant ridge and furrow. This ridge and furrow is well preserved in the eastern and northern part of the field. To the west (south of the Roma Works), there is the impression on the ground of a platform with a small hollow (?pond) just to the north. However, the strong magnetic response over this area suggests that there has been recent disturbance or dumping here (perhaps when the Roma Works was built) and these apparent earthwork features may not be of any antiquity. Linear features of possible archaeological origin are present in the northern part of the field potentially earlier than the ridge and furrow here. These are visible where running on a different alignment to the ridge and furrow but no clear pattern can be discerned and all tend to peter out, perhaps masked by the ridge and furrow as they change alignment.