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This scheduled ancient monument is a bank of a Roman town situated north of Brackley Road and west of High Street in Northamptonshire. The earthwork, measuring approximately 550 feet (170 metres) in length, represents a defensive or boundary feature associated with Roman settlement activity in the region. The bank survives as a prominent linear earthwork and preserves evidence of the town's Roman-period layout and fortification. Such banks commonly indicate the perimeters of Romano-British urban centres, providing archaeological testimony to the structural organisation and defensive requirements of Roman administrative and commercial settlements in Britain during the first to fourth centuries AD.
Bank of Roman town 550ft (170m) in length N of Brackley Road and W of High Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002900. View the official record →
This scheduled ancient monument is a bank of a Roman town situated north of Brackley Road and west of High Street in Northamptonshire.
Bank of Roman town 550ft (170m) in length N of Brackley Road and W of High Street is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002900.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bury Mount motte castle (0.3 km), Lordsfields Farm moated site. (3.9 km), Motte NW of the parish church (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bank of Roman town 550ft (170m) in length N of Brackley Road and W of High Street's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bank of Roman town 550ft (170m) in length N of Brackley Road and W of High Street stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.