Monument record 1842/0/62 - Roman and medieval activity, Cattle Market

A probable Roman feature and medieval activity including boundary ditches were identified during trial trench excavation

{1} The Roman and medieval remains were encountered close to the northern edge of the site, on the strip of land to the rear of 62 High Street. The Roman remains comprised a shallow hollow with a closely-set row of stakeholes along one edge, from which came a sherd of late 1st to 3rd-century pottery. The feature was truncated by a medieval ditch, which may delineate a plot boundary; pottery dating to the 12th to 14th centuries was recovered from its fills. The ditch was probably still visible on the surface as a low earthwork when it was backfilled in the 18th century. A second, shallower ditch, probably also of medieval date, ran parallel and to the south of this ditch, and between the two were a pit and a possible gully terminal, from which were recovered further sherds of medieval pottery.

<1> Carlyle, S., 2011, Thrapston Cattle Market, Thrapston, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation, December 2011 (Report). SNN110975.

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