Monument record 2657/0/17 - Early Romano-British Quarry Pits

{1} A large quarry pit 20+m wide x 1.4m deep was present in Trench 19, located in the southern part of the site. It contained both Iron Age and Romano-British pottery sherds.

{2} Two substantial areas of quarrying were identified, although it is uncertain whether these relate to the iron smelting industry or the construction of Weldon Villa.
Quarry 1 is likely to have extended for some 40m x 30m in total. Part which was excavated to the north end of the quarry revealed a 1m deep cut which bottomed onto limestone brash. Just 30m to the north were what appeared to be two further quarry pits, and although much smaller they were deeper, not bottomed at a depth of 1.5m. One contained a hearth bottom.
Quarry 2 lay within Area 2, and was over 82m long x 42m wide. It was over 1.4m deep with an irregular base, where exposed.

<1> Hall R.V., 2006, Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Priors Hall, Corby, Northamptonshire (CPH06), p.4 (checked) (Report). SNN105632.

<2> Hall R., 2008, Excavations at Priors Hall, Northamptonshire, 2006: An Iron Age and Romano-British Ironworking Complex, p.35-36 (checked) (Report). SNN106586.

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Feb 6 2015 3:10PM