Section of the Car Dyke canal, fishponds and barrows 250m north west of the Old Rectory

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History & significance

Section of the Car Dyke canal, fishponds and barrows 250m north west of the Old Rectory is a complex of Romano-British and medieval features located in Northamptonshire. The Car Dyke itself is a substantial linear earthwork of Roman date, constructed to facilitate water management and transport across the landscape, with sections surviving as a prominent bank and ditch. The site incorporates medieval fishponds, demonstrating continuity of water management practices from the Roman period into the medieval period, whilst barrows indicate earlier prehistoric burial activity at or near the location. Together these features represent successive periods of land use and engineering from the prehistoric through to the medieval periods.

Section of the Car Dyke canal, fishponds and barrows 250m north west of the Old Rectory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021104. View the official record →

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