Monument record 3929/1 - Site of mid-late Iron Age farmstead

Archaeological investigation ahead of the construction of the A43 Corby link Road identified an Iron Age farmstead characterised by rectilinear enclosures, one of which contained two roundhouse ring gullies.

{1} Archaeological evaluation of Field 3 of the A43 Corby Link Road project. The south of the area contained three archaeological features including Iron Age ditches in Trenches 10 and 67.

{3, 4} Archaeological excavation identified a single-phase mid-late Iron Age farmstead which was abandoned prior to the Roman period. The settlement was laid out within a rectangular enclosure, subdivided into smaller plots. Within the plots there were three roundhouses, a four-post structure and several pits. A holloway, at least 35m long and 12m wide aligned north-east to south-west extended beyond the north-eastern limit of excavation.
The site's principal southern boundary was recorded for 80m in the excavation. It continued beyond both the eastern and western excavation limits.

<1> Upson-Smith T., 2005, A43 Corby Link Road: NGR SP861833 to 910872, Archaeological Geophysical Survey and Trial Excavation, p.9-14 (checked) (Report). SNN105624.

<2> Brown, J., The A43 Corby Link Road: Archaeological works conducted by Northamptonshire Archaeology, p (Lecture Notes). SNN111495.

<3> 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. 32-43 (Report). SNN113099.

<4> 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.

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Nov 12 2024 1:32PM