Monument record 726/0/162 - Roman malt kiln

{1}The numerous small ditched plots to the south and east of the town may indicate that some arable cultivation may have taken place close to the town. One of these south of Meeting Lane included a malting oven but paleoenvironmental analysis here proved largely unfruitful due to the fluctuating water table and the alkalinity of the soil. In the absence of such supporting botanical evidence, it is difficult to suggest what this may indicate other than that the processing and consumption of arable agricultural produce may have been an important if not primary function of the settlement.

<1> Taylor J.; Foard G.; Laughton J.; Steadman S.; Ballinger J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Towcester, 3.6 Land Use (Report). SNN103132.

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