Monument record 5091/1 - Late Roman food drying oven, Pineham

A large food-drying oven was excavated as part of the wider excavations at Pineham Site 3. It was built c320-330s and in use throughout the later 4th century.

{4} A small stone-built rectangular structure, set within its own small enclosure. The structure was square (c. 3.8m x c. 3.8m externally), with c. 2.8m square internal floor space. The latest surviving activity points to the structure having a small furnace in the south-east corner. This had a large flat stone as its base (likely reusing an in situ flue capping stone), surrounded by small clay-bonded stones. This area had a significant amount of heat-effected compacted clay, evidence for a floor surface. Within this a small metalworking lead droplet waste was recovered.

<1> ULASNews, 2015, Archaeologists return to Pineham, Northamptonshire (Website). SNN110987.

<2> ULASNews, 2014, Roman 'smoke-house' found at Pineham, Northamptonshire (Website). SNN110988.

<3> Horne, B (editor), 2015, South Midlands Archaeology (45), p. 49, 54-6 (Journal). SNN111358.

<4> Harvey, J and Speed, Dr G, 2020, Archaeological Excavations at Pineham North (residential Area), Upton, Northampton, Volume 1: Excavation Report, p. 271-280 (Report). SNN112354.

<5> Harvey, J and Speed, Dr G (eds), 2020, Archaeological Excavations at Pineham North (Residential Area), Upton, Northampton, Volume 2: Specialist Reports (Report). SNN112355.

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