ENN17887 - Piddington Villa excavation, 1979 onwards

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7939 5407 (10m by 10m) Transfer
Civil Parish HACKLETON, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

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Organisation

Upper Nene Archaeological Society

Date

Not recorded.

Description

Archaeological excavation of an Iron Age settlement and subsequent Roman villa and surrounding settlement. The excavation, which is still ongoing, is carried out by the Upper Nene Archaeological Society under the direction of Roy Friendship-Taylor. {1} Archives held by Friendship-Taylor are to be deposited at Northampton Central Museum & Art Gallery.

Sources/Archives (32)

  • <1> Article: Jackson R.; Friendship-Taylor R.. 2002. Proto-Villa at Piddington. Current Archaeology. 182. (unchecked).
  • <2> Article: Jackson, R. & Friendship-Taylor, R.. 2002. Penknife - Piddington. Current Archaeology. 182. (unchecked).
  • <3> Article: Friendship-Taylor R.; Jackson R.. 2001. A New Roman Gladiator Find From Piddington, Northants.. Antiquity. 75. Antiquity. (unchecked).
  • <4> Drawing: Unknown. 1991. Piddington Villa Site Plans. 1990-1.
  • <5> Article: Brown A.E. (ed.). 1981. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1980. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 16. Northants Archaeology Soc.
  • <6> Note: 1988. Roman Britain in 1987: Sites explored. BRITANNIA. XX. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. (unchecked).
  • <7> Note: Frere, S S, Hassall, M W C, and Tomlin, R S O. 1989. Roman Britain in 1988. BRITANNIA. 20. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. p. 290-2.
  • <8> Note: 1990. Roman Britain in 1989: Sites explored. BRITANNIA. XXI. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. p. 332-333.
  • <9> Note: Grew, F O., Hassall, M W C., and Tomlin, R S O.. 1981. Roman Britain in 1980: Sites explored. BRITANNIA. XII. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. (unchecked).
  • <9> Note: 1983. Roman Britain in 1982: Sites explored. BRITANNIA. XIV. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. (unchecked).
  • <10> Article: Friendship-Taylor D. And R.. 1989. Piddington. Current Archaeology. 117. (unchecked).
  • <11> Article: Uncertain. 1982. Piddington. Current Archaeology. 82. (unchecked).
  • <12> Article: Selkirk, A.. 2014. Piddington Uncovered: Beyond the Roman Villa. Current Archaeolgy. Current Archaeology.
  • <13> Report: WARD C.. 1999. Iron Age and Roman Piddington: The Roman Ceramic and Stone Building Materials 1979-1998. Fascicule 4. THE UPPER NENE ARCHAEOLOG.
  • <14> Plan: 1995. Piddington Villa Plans: Romano-British Phases.
  • <15> Report: FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR R.M.; FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR D.E.. 1989. Iron Age and Roman Piddington.
  • <16> Proceedings: FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR R.M.; FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR D.E.. 1997. From round house to villa: the proceedings of a conference in 1993 to celebrate UNAS's 30th Anniversary. Fascicule 3. THE UPPER NENE ARCHAEOLOG.
  • <17> Article: Friendship-Taylor R.M.; Friendship-Taylor D.E.. 1992. Piddington Late Iron Age Settlement and Romano-British Villa. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 24. Northants Archaeology Soc.
  • <18> Report: ROLLO L.. 1994. Iron Age and Roman Piddington: The Mortaria 1979-1993. Fascicule 2. UNAS.
  • <19> Report: Friendship-Taylor, RM & DE. 2005. Iron Age and Roman Piddington: Interim report and phase descriptions of the late Iron Age settlement and Roman villa at Piddington Northants, 2005. Upper Nene Archaeological Society. THE UPPER NENE ARCHAEOLOG.
  • <20> Article: Friendship-Taylor, R & Greep, S.. 2017. A Claudian pit group of bone hinges and box fittings from a 'military' latrine pit beneath the proto-villa at Piddington Roman villa. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 39. Northamptonshire Archaeological Society.
  • <21> Report: FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR R.M.; FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR D.E.. 2014/5. Iron Age and Roman Piddington: 12th interim report on the late Iron Age settlement, military phase, Roman villa complex & early Saxon phases at Piddington, Northants. 8. THE UPPER NENE ARCHAEOLOG.
  • <22> Report: FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR R.M.; FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR D.E.. 2013. Iron Age and Roman Piddington: 11th interim report and phase descriptions of the late Iron Age settlement, military phase, Roman villa complex & early Saxon phases at Piddington, Northants. 8. THE UPPER NENE ARCHAEOLOG.
  • <23> Report: FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR R.M.; FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR D.E.. 2010. Iron Age and Roman Piddington: 8th interim report and phase descriptions of the late Iron Age settlement, military phase, Roman villas & Saxon phases at Piddington, Northants. 8. THE UPPER NENE ARCHAEOLOG.
  • <25> Article: Friendship-Taylor, RM. 1997. Settlement and Continuity? Two Late Iron Age Settlements & Roman Sites in Northamptonshire. From Round House to Villa. 3. UNAS.
  • <26> Report: Wells, M. 2011. Iron Age and Roman Piddington: The Piddington painted wallplaster: an art historical viewpoint- Vol 1. Upper Nene Archaeological Society. 8. UNAS.
  • <27> Report: Eds: Friendship-Taylor, R M & D E. 2002. Iron Age & Roman Piddington: The Faunal Remains: 1, 1979-1997. 6. THE UPPER NENE ARCHAEOLOG.
  • <28> Article: Friendship-Taylor, R M & Friendship-Taylor, D E. 2003. 2003/4 interim report on the Piddington Iron Age settlement and Romano-British villa. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 31. Northamptonshire Archaeological Society.
  • <29> Report: Powell, M A. Iron Age & Roman Piddington: Pottery from the 'Courtyard'. An interim report on pottery in a context from the Piddington Roman villa excavation 1989. THE UPPER NENE ARCHAEOLOG.
  • <30> Notes: Burnham, B C, Keppie, L J F, Esmonde Cleary, A S, Hassall, M W C, and Tomlin, R S O. 1993. Roman Britain in 1992. Britannia. 24. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. p. 293.
  • <31> Journal: Pike, A (ed). 1986. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (16). CBA GROUP 9 Newsletter. 16. C.B.A.. p. 73-75.
  • <32> Journal: Pike, A (ed). 1993. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (23). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 23. C.B.A.. p. 53-58.

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