Monument record 5931/0/3 - Middle Iron Age Enclosures
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Summary
Two enclosures were discovered during subsoil stripping for the A6 Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass.
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Full Description
{1} Two enclosures were discovered during subsoil stripping. Much of Enclosure 1 was lost to the stripping. Enclosure 2 was partly damaged, but extended beyond the road corridor.
Enclosure 1: c.30m length of curving ditch was revealed, its form suggesting a funnel entrance. About half the enclosure area was exposed and found to extend c.20m north-south, and probably the same east-west. No internal features were identified. Small quantitied of pottery and animal bone were recovered from the ditch fills.
Enclosure 2: located to the north-east of E1. The corner of a rectangular ditched enclosure was exposed. Its overall dimensions were not revealed within the limits of the fieldwork. A single sherd of pottery was recovered from its slight ditch (1.0m wide x 0.3m deep).
The presence of Scored Ware sherds indicates that the find assemblage is broadly dated to the middle Iron Age. The unstratified material included a single rim sherd from a rolled everted rim of a large jar, this being typical of late Iron Age/early Romano-British date. This may suggest that the features belong to the end of the middle Iron Age, perhaps the C2nd-C1st BC.
<1> MUDD A., 2003, A6 Rushden-Higham Ferrers Bypass, Archaeological Watching Brief: Post Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design, (part checked) (Report). SNN103306.
<2> MUDD A., 2004, Iron Age And Roman Enclosures Near Higham Ferrers: The Archaeology of The A6 Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass (Article). SNN112187.
<2> MUDD A., 2005, Iron Age And Roman Enclosures Near Higham Ferrers: The Archaeology of The A6 Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass, (unchecked) (Full Report). SNN105203.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SNN103306 Report: MUDD A.. 2003. A6 Rushden-Higham Ferrers Bypass, Archaeological Watching Brief: Post Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. N.C.C.. (part checked).
- <2> SNN105203 Full Report: MUDD A.. 2005. Iron Age And Roman Enclosures Near Higham Ferrers: The Archaeology of The A6 Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. N.C.C.. (unchecked).
- <2> SNN112187 Article: MUDD A.. 2004. Iron Age And Roman Enclosures Near Higham Ferrers: The Archaeology of The A6 Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 32. Northamptonshire Archaeological Society.
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Location
Grid reference | SP 9681 6576 (point) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | RUSHDEN, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Aug 22 2022 9:04AM