Monument record 3984/0/2 - Possible Roman enclosure

Several ditches dating to the Roman period may form an enclosure

{1} Part of another rectilinear enclosure has been detected c 200m further north, but it is less clearly defined and its southern edge appears to be disrupted by a modern field drain. It is likely that both of these enclosures are of Iron Age or Roman date, and thus broadly contemporary with the main site in the field to the west.

{2} An additional rectangular enclosure may have been situated in the north-east corner of the site, sampled in Trenches 68 and 69. Ditch [6806] was V-shaped with eroded upper edges, aligned north-west by south-east. It was 1.28m wide by 0.53m deep. Ditch [6908] was aligned north-east by south-west, U-shaped with a flat base 1.90m wide by 0.60m deep. It was recut as [6905], which was shallower with a V-shaped profile 0.90m wide by 0.20m deep. All three ditches contained Roman pottery of 1st-century AD date, and animal bone. It is possible that these ditches form a further enclosure partly lying outside the boundaries of the site, although the geophysical survey is not conclusive.

<1> Walford, J., 2015, Archaeological geophysical survey of land north of Rothwell, Northamptonshire October 2015, p. 4 (Report). SNN110416.

<2> Jarvis, A., 2015, Trial trench evaluation north of Rothwell, Northamptonshire October 2015, p. 15 (Report). SNN110415.

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