ENN103630 - Wootton Fields Centre for Learning, 2003 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 76944 55961 (204m by 103m) Approximate
Civil Parish HACKLETON, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

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Northamptonshire Archaeology

Date

June-August 2003

Description

{1} The watching brief and excavation revealed parts of a series of Roman ditches forming linear boundaries with associated enclosures. These are dated by the recovered pottery to 3rd and 4th centuries AD. There was also a corn drier/ malt oven of the same date. A coin hoard dating to the mid 4th centuryhad been placed within two pottery vessels and was buried in one of the ditches, and nearby there was an undated inhumation burial.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Report: Upson-Smith T.; Chapman A.. 2004. Archaeological Watching Brief and Excavation at Wootton Fields Centre for Learning, Northampton. (unchecked).

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Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Possible Romano-British Farm, east of Wooldale Road (Monument)
  • Undated Burial, Wootton Fields (Monument)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 12:54PM

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