Monument record 2891 - Possible Romano British Settlement

Prehistoric or Roman rectangular settlement enclosure close to the river on the east side of the Welland Valley with an annexe to the south and a probable hut circle in the south east corner. These remains have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the Northamptonshire shire NMP and the Rutland Roman Villa project. Fieldwalking survey has identified a Romano-British pottery scatter in the vicinity.

{1} Duddington, Photo no.331. Ditched enclosure with hut circle.

{2} SK 985 012: Enclosure close to the river on the east side of the Welland Valley on limestone at 125 feet above OD. Three sides of a rectangular enclosure with a probable hut circle in the south east corner are visible on air photographs. (Air photographs in NMR).

{3} Aerial photography, cropmark enclosure, ditches, ring.

{6} Prehistoric or Roman rectangular settlement enclosure close to the river on the east side of the Welland Valley with a possible annexe to the south and a probable hut circle in the south east corner. The main enclosure is centred at SK 9851 0128 and is defined by a broad ditch c.3.5m across. The SW side is open or missing and it has an entrance in the middle of the NE side which passes through a gap in an outer fragmented ditch. The NE corner is more angular than the SE corner. A 200m long curving linear ditch likely to be a former boundary cuts through the site, intersecting the SE corner of the enclosure, but it is not clear from the crompark if this lies beneath the enclosure or respects it. The probable hut circle (17m in diameter) is located in the curve of the SE corner at SK9854 0127. These remains have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the Rutland Roman Villa project.

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1972, Air Photography Report for 1971 (Baker & Pickering), p.56 (checked) (Journal). SNN11490.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.36 Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> 1982, Aerial Photography in Northamptonshire 1981, p.107 Duddington (checked) (Journal). SNN104561.

<4> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire I (North-East), 890154 (Archive). SNN113295.

<5> Small, F, 2023, Aerial Investigation And Mapping at Rutland Roman Villa Environs (Report). SNN116764.

<6> Oblique Aerial Photograph, HEA_S3336_V_0620 25-JUN-2020 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

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Mar 11 2025 1:11PM