Monument record 6090/0/14 - Iron Age/Roman settlement, Upton Lodge

Settlement identified during archaeological evaluation at Upton lodge. The earliest activity was a possible pit alignment. In the late Iron Age/early Roman period there were at least three enclosures. Part of a wider complex of settlement [HER no 6090].

{1} The geophysical survey of Area K suggested that extensive features including enclosures may
be present in this area.

{2} Trial trenching of the area largely confirmed the results of the geophysical survey. Part of a possible pit alignment was identified at the north-western edge of the area. The four large pits may have been part of a more substantial north-east to south-west orientated pit alignment.

Three enclosures were also identified. The northernmost enclosure was trapezoidal in plan with probable internal sub-divisions. A number of pits were also recorded within it. In one of the central enclosure ditches was an inhumation which was left in situ. The skeleton appeared to be in a prone position with one hand behind the back suggested the body had been dumped in this location rather than more formally buried.
The southernmost enclosure was the largest and was roughly sub-rectangular. Pits and probable internal divisions were also noted in this enclosure. Ditches to the east and south of the enclosures were interpreted as associated field systems.
The majority of the pottery was early Romano-British, though with amounts of late Iron Age pottery and early-mid Romano-British pottery also recovered, this may indicate some continuity either side of a peak of activity in the early Romano-British period.

<1> Smalley R., 2012, Geophysical Survey Report Upton Lodge, Northamptonshire, 2012 (Report). SNN110689.

<2> Moore, P, Mann, P and Bell, M
Moore, P, Mann, P, and Bell, M., 2013, Upton Lodge, Upton, Northamptonshire: Archaeological evaluation 2013, p. 11-14 (Report). SNN110685.

<3> Browning J., 2010, An Archaeological Evaluation by Trial Trenching on Land off South Meadow Road, Northampton (Report). SNN107014.

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