ENN11689 - Ringstead Quarry, 1971-81 (Watching brief)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 975 750 (100m by 100m) (3 map features)
Civil Parish RINGSTEAD, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit

Date

Not recorded.

Description

{1} Watching brief carried out over a number of years. Features recorded included a Bronze Age cremation, prehistoric earthwork, two pit alignments, part of an Iron Age settlement and a Roman villa. [Not all areas of excavation are clear from sources.]

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Article: Jackson, D.. 1980. Roman Buildings at Ringstead, Northants. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 15. Northants Archaeology Soc.
  • <2> Book: Parry S. et al. 2006. Raunds Area Survey: An Archaeological Study of The Landscape of Raunds, Northamptonshire 1985-94. EH, NCC, Oxbow Books. Site 14.
  • <3> Report: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1977. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 12. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 209.
  • <4> Journal: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1976. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1975. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 11. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 184.
  • <5> Journal: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1978. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1977. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 13. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 168, 180.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (9)

  • Bronze Age cremation and middle Iron Age Ditched Enclosure, Ringstead Quarry (Monument)
  • Iron Age Enclosure, Ringstead Quarry (Monument)
  • Iron Age settlement, Ringstead Quarry (Monument)
  • Late Bronze Age-early Iron Age pit alignment, Ringstead Quarry (Monument)
  • Late Bronze Age-early Iron Age pit alignment, Ringstead Quarry (Monument)
  • Possible Bronze Age Round Barrow, Ringstead Quarry (Monument)
  • Probable late prehistoric settlement, Ringstead (Monument)
  • Ringstead Roman Villa (Monument)
  • Unstratified Prehistoric Flints, Probably Mesolithic (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 7:46PM

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