Monument record 447/1/7 - Probable Roman road (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) checked

Crop/soilmark: Poor quality photography

{6}Road visible as broad light-coloured line traceable from point south of town where modern road leaves it at SP61506374 to just north of town where two rejoin at SP61006472; possible side ditches visible within area of town;,{8}AP published;,

{9}AP published;,

{14}Discussion of cropmarks given;,

{15}Discussion of cropmarks given;

{16}Essentially the settlement was focussed on Watling Street (thought to have been constructed in the immediate aftermath of the conquest of the area in AD40).

Information about the road layout primarily comes fro aerial photographic evidence and suggests a potentially quite complex development around a junction between Watling Street and the road running ESE towards Duston.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<6> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.152 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<8> St Joseph J.K., 1971, Air Reconnaissance: Recent Results (24), p.140+plate 24 (unchecked) (Report). SNN14303.

<14> Brown, A E (ed), 1972, Northamptonshire Archaeology, 27-29 (Journal). SNN25623.

<15> 1972, Britannia, (unchecked) (Journal). SNN47361.

<16> Taylor J., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Titchmarsh (Roman), Section 3.1 Communications (Digital archive). SNN100748.

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