Monument record 1641/0/209 - Possible Romano-British Ditched Enclosures

{2} The previously surveyed field lying to the west of the modern drive leading to Chester Farm (Fig 2, D), is notable for containing rectilinear enclosures orientated south-west to north-east (Butler and Yates 2005). The current survey has identified a linear ditch orientated north-west to south-east, lying to the immediate east of the drive (Fig 7, D5),
which could be the eastern side of the enclosures previously identified. If those enclosures do terminate here, the occurrence of burials aligned on an approximately parallel axis, as found in trial trenching alongside the modern drive (Upson-Smith 2006), might indicate backyard-type burials, such as those encountered in other Roman towns, including Ashton, Northamptonshire.

<1> Yates A.; Butler A., 2006, Archaeological Survey (Module 5) at Chester Farm, Irchester, Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Report). SNN105697.

<2> Butler A.; Meadows I.; Fisher I., 2010, Archaeological Geophysical Survey at Chester Farm, Irchester, Northamptonshire, p.11+Fig.7 (checked) (Report). SNN107215.

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Sep 12 2014 3:58PM