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Ring ditches and other cropmarks south of Lolham Hall is a prehistoric monument complex visible as soil and cropmark features in the landscape near Lolham Hall in Northamptonshire. The site comprises several ring ditches, which are typically the infilled remains of circular or near-circular earthworks associated with Bronze Age burial mounds or settlement enclosures, along with additional linear cropmark features whose function remains less certain. These features are revealed through aerial photography and field survey as subtle variations in soil moisture and crop growth patterns, which mark the presence of underlying archaeological deposits. The monument is of significance for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practices in the East Midlands, though the precise dating and interpretation of individual features would require further archaeological investigation.
Ring ditches and other cropmarks S of Lolham Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006788. View the official record →
Ring ditches and other cropmarks south of Lolham Hall is a prehistoric monument complex visible as soil and cropmark features in the landscape near Lolham Hall in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006788.
Ring ditches and other cropmarks S of Lolham Hall 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 1006788.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman fort and enclosure at Sutton Cross (8.6 km), Moated site, Castor Manor Farm (9.2 km), Wansford Bridge See also CAMBRIDGESHIRE 136 (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring ditches and other cropmarks S of Lolham Hall'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.
Ring ditches and other cropmarks S of Lolham Hall stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.