Monument record 4611/0/22 - Late Bronze Age/early Iron Age settlement

A cluster of pits and postholes, including two four-post structures and two possible post-built roundhouses

{2} On the north-western margin of the group, four postholes in a roughly rectangular arrangement were interpreted as a possible four-post structure with sides of 2.0- 2.5m, while another cluster of four-postholes to the south could have formed a very small structure with sides of only 1.0-1.2m. To the south-east of both of these possible four-posters, two arcs of postholes were tentatively interpreted as remnants of post-built roundhouses. A small quantity of pottery, just over 1kg, came from five features, but over 900g came from a single vessel, a plain jar form. The overall characteristics were similar to the material recovered to the north, with a similar lack of clearly diagnostic sherds, and the early Iron Age date (5th-4th centuries BC) was only a tentative proposal. Soil samples produced very small quantities of carbonised wood and seeds; with naked barley seeds the most common cereal along
with one seed of bread wheat.

Field L.; Chapman A., Archaeological Excavation at Harlestone Quarry Near Northampton, October 2006 (Report). SNN105844.

<2> Chapman, A, Foard, A, & Clarke, J., 2015, Excavation of a Bronze Age and early Iron Age landscape at Harlestone Quarry, Northamptonshire 2007-2014, P. 19-20 (Report). SNN110518.

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Nov 23 2016 11:20AM