Monument record MBC44942 - A possible Roman subrectangular ditched enclosure, Instant Wood

A possible Roman subrectangular ditched enclosure is visible on aerial photographs as cropmarks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located on a field boundary on the east edge of Instant Wood and centred at SP 64903 37323, a subrectangular ditch up to 3 metres wide encloses an internal area about 38 metres W-E and 18 metres N-S. Contiguous to this on its north side are fragmentary ditches that suggest one or two further possible ditched enclosures. Centred some 83 metres N of the enclosure is a subcircular pit about 5.5 metres in diameter at its widest. At this location, late Roman pottery and metalwork has been found on separate occasions that suggests the presence of a site of some kind (HER No. MBC15036). It should be noted that the 2006 dated aerial photograph from which this feature was mapped lacks high resolution. The cropmarks are quite poorly defined and appear best when subject to image enhancement/processing. However, the cropmarks do not appear on any of the other aerial photographs available to the project (1).