Monument record 7150/0/5 - Iron Age Roundhouse

{1} The eastern half of a roundhouse ditch was uncovered with associated ditches and pits. The roundhouse ditch measured 3.25-0.45m deep with one recut. The internal diameter measuring 10.60m, no structural evidence was uncovered. The ditch terminal fill contained burnt cobbles and pottery. Pit 8 lay within the roundhouse of sub square shape with vertical sides measuring 0.70m x 0.45m deep. A small group of circular pits represent a later phase of activity as they cut both the roundhouse ditch and the north/east ditches.

<1> Chapman A., 2000, Archaeological Recording Of A Roman Villa At Wootton Fields, Northampton, January-February 1999 Asse, Section 3.2 (checked) (Report). SNN100291.

<1> Chapman A., 2005, A Roman villa and an Anglo-Saxon burial at Wootton Fields, Northampton (Article). SNN112204.

<2> 2000-01, Northampton, Wootton Fields, Roman Villa, (checked) (Note). SNN103984.

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Jul 24 2023 3:46PM