Monument record 3066/0/2 - Early Iron Age Pits

{1} Three pits were recorded; F4 and conceivably F3 and F5 might have been located within a settlement.
F3 was a shallow, roughly circular depression, c.0.5m deep by c.1m wide at the mouth, and of an irregular cross-section. It produced no evidence of date.
F4 was an irregular 'beehive' pit, c.0.65m wide at the mouth by c 1.25m wide at the base, and approximately circular in plan. It contained four sherds which may be early Iron Age. The beehive form would have been especially suitable for food storage, but the pit didn’t produce any clear evidence of function. The sherds are small and abraded, and hence might represent residual material.
F5 was a small pit of hemispherical section, c0.55m wide by c0.1m deep, and roughly circular in plan. Traces survived of a clay lining. It was filled almost entirely with burnt stones, and produced no evidence of date. The clay lining suggests that it might have been used for water storage or, in view of its small size and its association with burnt stones, possibly as a cooking pit which had contained water heated by the addition of pot boilers.

<1> JACKSON D.A.; KNIGHT D., 1985, An Early Iron Age and Beaker Site Near Gretton, Northamptonshire, 20/67-86 (checked) (Article). SNN70122.

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