Find Spot record 4641/0/2 - Iron Age settlement, Brigstock Great Park

Fieldwalking survey identified a significant concentration of Iron Age pottery. Subsequent archaeological investigation has identified a dense cluster of archaeological features dating to the Iron Age/Romano-British period.

{1} SP 92978331. Three clusters of Iron Age pottery dating between the 1st century BC and the early 1st century AD were found during fieldwalking survey. Total of 245 sherds. A linear earthwork bank, aligned north-south, was also along the eastern edge of the pottery scatter.

{2} Geophysical survey identified a dense cluster of archaeological features, although only those on the western side of the field boundary were investigated and only one trenches was excavated due to ecological concerns and the presence of a nearby electrical cable. Two linear features and a pit containing pottery and animal bone were uncovered.

{3} A dense cluster of high magnitude responses from curvilinear and discrete anomalies indicative of the settlement activity. Two ring ditches approximately 14m and 22m respectively are likely present on the southern boundary of the survey area.

<1> FOSTER P., 1988, Changes in the landscape: an archaeological study of the clay uplands in the Brigstock area of Northamptonshire, p. 114-115/Field 55 (Dissertation). SNN71342.

<2> Dunbar, L, 2021, Old Head Farm, Brigstock, Northamptonshire: Trial Trenching Interim Report, Zone 4 (Report). SNN116243.

<3> Headland Archaeology, 2021, Brigstock Solar Farm, Northamptonshire: Geophysical Survey, AAA9 (Report). SNN116427.

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