Monument record 7696 - Iron Age and Roman settlement, east of Storefield Cottages

Archaeological excavation ahead of construction of the A43 Corby link Road identified an Iron Age pit alignment and late Iron Age features. To the south there was an isolated Iron Age roundhouse which may have been precursor to a small Roman farmstead.

{1} A single north to south aligned ditch cut the clay at the eastern end of the trench.

{2} Archaeological excavation was undertaken in advance of the construction of the A43 Corby Link Road. The earliest monument in this area was a sinuous pit alignment aligned north-east to south-west. A length of c120m lay within the excavation area and comprised 41 pits. Dispersed Iron Age features were located either side of the pit alignment comprising a number of scattered pits and ditches. Some 100m to the south, there was an isolated Iron Age ring gully, interpreted as a roundhouse, which was probably a precursor to a small early Roman farmstead. This comprised a field system of three enclosures and dispersed pits and postholes.

<1> Upson-Smith T., 2005, A43 Corby Link Road: NGR SP861833 to 910872, Archaeological Geophysical Survey and Trial Excavation, p.10 (unchecked) (Report). SNN105624.

<2> Brown, J, Markus, S, and Morris, S, 2019, An archaeological assessment and updated project design for the A43 Corby Link Road, Northamptonshire, June 2012-October 2013, p. 44-52 (Report). SNN113099.

<3> Morris, S, Markus, S and Brown, J, 2023, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and Saxon settlements along the route of the A43 Corby Link Road, Northamptonshire (Monograph). SNN115671.

Record last edited

Nov 28 2023 11:28AM