Monument record 4946/0/21 - Early Roman Timber Buildings & Oven, Duston Roman Town (Trenches A/B/C, Site 2)

Excavations at Sixfields in the 1970s. In Trenches A/B/C were two possible timber structures dating to the later 1st-2nd centuries. A later oven was also found. A possible yard and a well probably dated to the later 3rd and 4th centuries. The features lay adjacent to a road that was present in all phases.

{1} Two probable timber structures in the southernmost excavation area (Trenches A-C) could only be broadly dated to Phases 1st-2nd century AD. One represented by the remains of a shallow gully was almost certainly a round house.

{2} A shallow gully B27 ran north west-south east seemingly enclosing an oven both dated to the 2nd century.

<1> Taylor J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Duston (Roman), Section 3.3 Buildings (Report). SNN103115.

<2> Taylor J., 2002, Duston Notes from John Williams archive on the Duston Excavation, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN103376.

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