Monument record 3667/1 - Possible Romano-British farmstead

A Romano-British farmstead with finds of pottery, a quernstone and building debris was found here in 1965.

{1} Fieldwalking in 1965 discovered possible Romano-British buildings with a limestone area and pot sherds (including Samian and a fragment of quern).

{3} Roman settlement.

{4} SP 84747709. RB farmstead. In 1965 RB pottery (including Samian) and a quernstone fragment were found. Evidence of a building was manifest in lumps of white limestone lying around on the surface.
Farmer D Hutchinson. Crawley Grange, Brighton.

{5} There are no surface remains visible, at present the indicated site is under a crop of beet. The pottery and quernstone are in the Grammar School Museum.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP87NW20 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.28/Site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.196/Site 5 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 14-OCT-69 (Note). SNN111452.

<5> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, B Dix (oral) Kettering Grammar School AS (Oral Report). SNN111577.

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Feb 3 2025 7:48PM