SNN113553 - Land west of Buckingham Road, Deanshanger, Northamptonshire: Magnetometer Survey Report

Detailed magnetometry was carried out by Archaeological Surveys Ltd over approximately 9ha to the south of Deanshanger in Northamptonshire ahead of a proposed residential development. The results indicate the presence of a trapezoidal-shaped enclosure, containing a ring ditch and other cut features, joined to a sub-circular enclosure and other linear ditches. A number of pits have also been located in the vicinity. The full extent of the archaeology has been partially obscured by magnetic disturbance from a water pipe and magnetic debris derived from the demolition of an agricultural building. Elsewhere, anomalies are generally weak and poorly defined and although they could relate to further ditch-like and pitlike features, they lack a coherent morphology. Linear anomalies associated with former ridge and furrow cultivation have also been located.