70113 - PIT CIRCLE - Northamptonshire’s Historic Environment Record

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Thesaurus Term/Concept: PIT CIRCLE

Identifier	70113
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	An enclosure of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date, related to henges, defined by a circular arrangement of pits, probably none of which originally held posts. More than one circle, concentrically arranged, may be present.

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Instances/Examples (16)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MNN170746 Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age round barrow (Barrow 5), West Cotton (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN143218 Middle Neolithic enclosure and mortuary deposit, Banbury Lane (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN160376 Neolithic Avenue and late Neolithic/early Bronze Age henge, Stanwick (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN21738 Neolithic/Bronze Age Round Barrow (Barrow 4) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN128374 Possible Bronze Age Pits (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN118486 Possible Iron Age Pit Circle (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN117371 Possible Neolithic/Bronze Age Pit Circle (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN126004 Possible Neolithic/Bronze Age Pit Circle (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN32754 Possible Prehistoric Pit Circle (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN117733 Possible Prehistoric Pit Circle (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN117734 Possible Prehistoric Pit Circle (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN128332 Possible Prehistoric Pit Circle (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN117423 Possible Prehistoric Round Barrow (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN119540 Possible Prehistoric Round Barrow & Pit Circle (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN160287 Possible Settlement, Undated (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN126860 Prehistoric Pits, Possibly in Curvilinear Formation (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)