Monument record 5122/1 - Probable late Iron Age/Romano-British settlement, east of The Old Wilds

Fieldwalking survey identified a small amount of late Iron Age pottery and a significant quantity of Roman pottery. Geophysical survey identified probable ditched enclosures, pits and possible roundhouses.

{1} Fieldwalking survey by CLASP had recovered a total of 955 sherds of pottery for which the majority
span the late 1st to mid 3rd centuries AD and includes Samian and amphora sherds. In addition, a further seven sherds of Late Iron Age date have been identified. Seven Roman coins have been found dating from Vespasian to Constantine II, which includes a denarius. A complete brooch and fragments of two others have also been recorded from this site.

Geophysical survey identified a series of linear and curvilinear anomalies probably indicating enclosure ditches and possible roundhouses. At least two phases of activity were indicated by the results.

Subsequent to the geophysical survey a number of test-pits were dug in which the top half of a flagon was retrieved dating to the 2nd/3rd centuries AD and the fill of the ditches identified during the geophysical survey may well indicate a similar late 2nd to early 3rd century AD date.

<1> Masters, P., 2007, Geophysical Survey of a Romano-British Site at Gayton, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN109007.

<2> CLASP, 2006, Local People - Local Past (Compact Disk). SNN106688.

Record last edited

Aug 9 2021 3:58PM