SNN111437 - Land at Ashton Road, Oundle, Northamptonshire: Geophysical Survey

Detailed magnetic gradiometer survey was undertaken in connection with proposed residential development on land at Ashton Road, Oundle, Northants. The survey totalled 4ha. Few clearly archaeological features were identified within the geophysical survey. However, a series of linear features probably representing ditched boundaries and/or a ditched enclosure are present. It is notable that the alignment of these matches well that of features recorded as cropmarks immediately to the east and these may well form part of that same wider landscape. A curvilinear anomaly within the enclosure is suggestive of a ring-ditch but the responses are somewhat different and the apparent form may be deceptive. One or two discrete pit-like features are also highlighted but the range of background variation is quite large and the interpretation of these is difficult on the basis of form alone. Modern disturbance is fairly widespread with very strong responses from buried items potentially masking subtler responses in several places.