Monument record 6893/0/2 - Prehistoric/Roman rectilinear enclosures/field system

A late Iron Age to early Romano-British field system comprising a complex of rectilinear and irregular field enclosures of more than one phase. It appeared to be bounded to the west by a boundary following the alignment of an earlier pit alignment. No obvious evidence of settlement was found.

{1} Complex of rectilinear enclosures probably bounded by a pit alignment to the west and a linear boundary to the south. At their junction there is a concentric pair of sub-square enclosures, the outer of which has a funnel entrance from the east. Further north and east the survey has detected less coherent sets of ditches which seem to represent parts of several other overlapping enclosures. The overall form and layout of these features would be consistent with an Iron Age date, as would their apparent association with the pit alignment.

{2} This area was characterised by a late Iron Age to Romano-British rectilinear field system, comprising a series of possibly four ditched enclosures abutting, and to the east of, a pit alignment (pref ref: 6893/0/1). Pottery from the ditch fills dated predominantly to the late Iron Age/early Roman period, although there were some sherds of residual middle Iron Age pottery.

<1> Walford, J., 2015, Archaeological geophysical survey of the proposed Midway Park development site at M1, Junction 16 Northamptonshire April to May 2015, p.3 (Report). SNN110360.

<2> Finn, C. And Muldowney, M., 2015, Archaeological evaluation at Midway J16, Northamptonshire June to August 2015, p.8 (Report). SNN110359.

<3> Simmonds, A, 2019, M1dway J16, Northamptonshire: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design (Report). SNN112424.

<4> Simmonds, A and Lawrence, S, 2022, Harpole: The landscape of a Roman villa at Panattoni Park (Monograph). SNN113679.

<5> Oxford Archaeology (South), 2023, Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief at M1 Dway Junction 16, Weedon Road, Harpole, West Northamptonshire 2017-2018, https://doi.org/10.5284/1105610 (Digital archive). SNN115698.

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