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Sutton Cross is a Roman fort and enclosure located in Northamptonshire. The site dates to the Roman period and represents military infrastructure associated with the occupation and administration of Roman Britain. The fort's layout and surviving earthworks provide evidence of Roman defensive and organisational structures within the East Midlands region during the imperial period.
Roman fort and enclosure at Sutton Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006837. View the official record →
Sutton Cross is a Roman fort and enclosure located in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006837.
Roman fort and enclosure at Sutton Cross 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 1006837.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman barrow 380m north of Hill Farm (5 km), Two churchyard crosses (5.8 km), Earthworks of Abbot of Ramsey's Manor (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman fort and enclosure at Sutton Cross'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.
Roman fort and enclosure at Sutton Cross stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.