Monument record 2495 - Possible Iron Age/Roman Settlement, east of Bearshank Wood

Cropmarks of conjoined rectangular enclosures and surface finds of Roman pottery and architectural fragments suggests 3rd to 4th century settlement, or villa.

{1} Fieldwalking; Romano-British 3rd & 4th-century pot sherds including colour coated and grey wares; stone scatters of large limestone blocks; published NGR SP 99758637; area defined by D Hall {3}.

{3} No original notes except field map and fair copy.

{4} A group of small conjoined rectangular enclosures, arranged in a line orientated NE-SW is indistinctly visible on air photographs.

{5} SP 99758637 3c/4c. RB sherds. Stone scatter large limestone blocks found by D Jackson April 1964.

{6} Pottery seen at this site comprises colour-coated, grey and wares. Scatter of large stone also evident but much has been removed to the adjacent hedgerow.

{7} Listed in gazetteer of Roman villas.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 72/Site 3 (Series). SNN77379.

<2> HALL D.N., ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN50864.

<3> Hall D.N., 1960-1999, Rockingham Forest Project: Archaeological Sites Recorded by David Hall, Pilton/Site 7 (Database). SNN102279.

<4> RAF VAP, CPE/UK 2109, 3419-20 (Photographs). SNN48198.

<5> Northampton Museum Records, Northampton Museum 6" (P.G.C.) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<6> Seaman, BH, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 BHS 12-SEP-69 (Notes). SNN111907.

<7> Scott, E., 1993, A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain, p. 146/NH 97 (Monograph). SNN110345.

<8> Jackson D., 1970, Fieldwork and Excavation in North Eastern Northamptonshire, p. 41 (Article). SNN4821.

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Jan 31 2025 3:50PM