Monument record 8206/0/5 - Probable Roman farmstead, Oundle Road

Series of small gullies and ditches forming small enclosures were excavated in 2017. The main period of occupation was during the 2nd century AD. Possibly part of a larger ladder enclosure system

{1}Archaeological evaluation in January 2017 revealed activity across the eastern part of the proposed development in the form of several small ditches of Romano-British date oriented north-south or east-west. These likely represent component parts of field boundaries and/or land division. The heavily abraded character of the 2nd and 4th century pottery recovered from a number of these features suggests that these derived from manuring spreads rather than from on-site domestic occupation.

{2} A strip, map and sample excavation was focussed on the archaeological features identified in the earlier evaluation. The site appears to comprise a series of small enclosures with small gullies separating them. The majority of the pottery and animal bone was located within two short lengths of gully, which possibly related to a former building. The pottery mainly dates to the first half of the 2nd century and comprised local greywares, with a few sherds from further afield, including imported wares.

<1> Kipling, R., 2017, An Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Oundle Road, Northamptonshire, January 2017 (Report). SNN110871.

<2> Flavell N, 2017, An archaeological strip, plan & sample excavation at Oundle Road, Weldon (Report). SNN110872.

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