Monument record 4198/0/1 - Iron Age settlement, south of Grange Park

Geophysical survey and trial trench excavation undertaken in 2018 identified a number of sub-rectangular enclosures and a possible roundhouse that were occupied from the early to the late Iron Age.

{1} Archaeological geophysical survey identified a small complex of probable Iron Age or Roman enclosures. The site comprises two sub-rectangular enclosures, a much smaller sub-circular enclosure and some linear ditches. The enclosures cover a combined area of c0.5ha and their overall appearance is very typical of a small farmstead of Iron Age or Roman date. The smaller enclosure, 12m in diameter, is probably a roundhouse drip gully with possible entrances to the east and west.

{3] Trial trench excavation in 2018 confirmed that the settlement originated in the early Iron Age and was abandoned in the late Iron Age. It comprised two rectilinear enclosures, the larger of the two displaying interna subdivisions including a number of pits and postholes. A single ring ditch lay to the east side of the enclosures, possibly representing the site of a probable round house. It appears to have been an isolated settlement.

<1> Walford, J, 2018, Archaeological geophysical survey of land south-east of Grange Park, Northampton, July-August 2018, p. 3 (Report). SNN111553.

<2> Crank, N. (Editor), 2019, South Midlands Archaeology (49), p. 79 (Journal). SNN111755.

<3> Elston, J & Morris, S, 2018, Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land south and east of Grange Park, Northampton, August 2018 (Report). SNN112413.

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