Monument record 5134/0/3 - Possible Iron Age pit alignment and late Iron Age ditch

Possible pit alignment orientated north-east to south-west. Only three pits uncovered containing pottery dating from the middle Iron Age to early Roman period

{1} Trial evaluation undertaken in 2013. A pit alignment comprising three circular pits and orientated north-east to south-west was recorded in Trench 86. All the pits were greater than 1.3m in diameter and between 0.3m and 0.66m in depth. A flint scraper was recovered from one pit although the rising water table in this area prohibited meaningful excavation beyond a depth of 0.4m. The pottery recovered from the pits dated from the middle Iron Age, c. 350-50 BC to the early Romano-British period AD 40-70.

A ditch, which contained a single sherd of pottery dating between 50 BC and 50 AD in the upper fill, may be part of a wider relict field system as were other undated ditches in nearby trenches.

<1> Moore, P, Mann, P and Bell, M
Moore, P, Mann, P, and Bell, M., 2013, Upton Lodge, Upton, Northamptonshire: Archaeological evaluation 2013, p. 17 (Report). SNN110685.

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Jun 22 2017 12:09PM