Monument record 5908/1 - Middle-late Iron Age Farmstead, Victoria Park

A probable middle to late Iron Age farmstead enclosure with an earlier round house ring ditch. To the north was a group of pits and a small square enclosure with a central tree-hole

{2} A small Iron Age farmstead was located to the western end of the development area. The site consisted of a large sub-rectangular ditched enclosure 23m east to west and at least 25m from north to south, with an entrance on its west side. A linear ditch and gully extended to the north and east respectively at right-angles from the north-east corner of the enclosure.
In the area to the north of the enclosure ditch the remnants of a possible roundhouse was located, together with a group of 24 pits. To the east of a north-aligned ditch and the pit group there was a small sub-square enclosure with a centrally located tree hole.
This small enclosure with its substantial tree hole, is difficult to parallel despite the well attested sacred observance of trees in the Iron Age.

<1> MORRIS S., 2007, Iron Age and Roman Landscape at Victoria Park, Irchester, Northamptonshire: Updated Project Design, Assessment Report, p.7 (checked) (Report). SNN106041.

<2> Morris S.; Meadows I., 2012, Iron Age and Roman Landscapes at Victoria Park, Irchester, Northamptonshire: Excavations September 2004 to May 2005 (Report). SNN108056.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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Oct 12 2021 10:09AM