Monument record 3991/0/14 - Undated features south of Harrington Road

Two undated ditches, one possibly a furrow, and an undated posthole were observed during trial trench evaluation.

{1} Three features were recorded during the trenching and all were heavily truncated and disturbed by recent building workings, leaving no more than 0.2m depth surviving. One sherd of Roman pottery was recovered dating to the 2nd-3rd century but its abraded state indicates it was residual.
The closest known features were located on the northern side of Harrington Road and formed part of a Late Iron Age settlement. There were also furrows at this site, which shared the same north-west to south-east alignment as the shallow ditch. Even given the lateral truncation at this site, it is very likely that this feature was also a furrow.
There was no clear relationship between the two ditches, although the fill of the furrow may have truuncated the ditch, indicating the ditch was likely to be medieval or earlier. No dating was recovered from the posthole.

<1> Hewitt, G, 2016, Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land at Harrington Road, Rothwell, Northamptonshire, July 2016 (Report). SNN110973.

<2> Crank, N. (Editor), 2017, South Midlands Archaeology (47), p. 44 (Journal). SNN111362.

Record last edited

Feb 6 2019 1:39PM