Monument record 9333 - Iron Age/Early Roman Settlement

This settlement comprised a large sub-rectangular enclosure with internal sub-divisions and at least one roundhouse ring ditch. A trackway led to an entrance in the south-west corner of the enclosure.

{1} The layout of the site comprised a large sub-rectangular enclosure, about 60m across (north-south) and over 40m wide, within which was a penannular ditch of two phases and a few pits. The southern boundary of the enclosure showed the most complex development, with a pit alignment - probably the earliest feature on the site - followed by three phases of shallow ditch.

<1> MUDD A., 2002, A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design, 2002, pp. 12-13 (unchecked) (Report). SNN103239.

<3> Chapman A., 1996-97, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1996-7, p.215 (unchecked) (Notes). SNN104580.

<4> Mudd A.; Burgess C., 2001, A43 Towcester To M40 Dualling Project, Soil Disposal And Landscaping Areas: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, (part checked) (Report). SNN100863.

<5> Northamptonshire Archaeology, 2001, A43 Towcester To M40 Dualling Project, Soil Disposal And Landscaping Areas: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment (Vol.2 Illustrations), (part checked) (Report). SNN102665.

<6> MUDD A., 2007, Iron Age and Roman Settlement on The Northamptonshire Uplands, p. 25-30 (Series). SNN106027.

<7> Walford, J, 2017, Archaeological geophysical survey at Silverstone Fields Farm, Northamptonshire, March 2017 (Report). SNN111107.

<8> Crank, N. (Editor), 2018, South Midlands Archaeology (48), p. 67 (Journal). SNN111393.

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Jul 31 2019 10:08AM