Monument record 5783/1 - Iron Age/Roman settlement, north of Courteenhall Road

Complex of features identified during trial trench excavation in a small area located between two railway cuttings. The northern part of the site was marked by two east-west aligned ditches with a concentration of pits, postholes and ditches to the south. An inhumation burial was partially revealed in one pit. A possible structure was also identified. Pottery dating from the Middle Iron Age to the Roman period was recovered.

{1} Trial trench excavation identified part of a probable Iron Age/Roman settlement located between two railway cuttings. It is likely that many of the settlement remains were truncated during the construction of the railways, although cropmarks to the west may be a continuation. Two ditches aligned east to west may define the northern limit of the settlement. To the south were a number of pits, which may have been used for sand extraction or as rubbish pits. In one of the pits an inhumation was partially exposed, but not excavated any further. Both middle Iron Age and Roman pottery was recovered from the pits. A series of postholes and aassociated gully may have formed a structure.

<1> Barton, T., 2018, Rail central, Milton Malsor, Northamptonshire: Archaeological evaluation, Summary report, p. 40-43, 56/Site 9 (Report). SNN111747.

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