Monument record 4775/0/2 - Probable Iron Age/Roman field system

Archaeological investigation identified ditches that are likely to be part of a field system associated with settlement to the east. A Roman cremation burial was also found.

{1} Two trial trenches were excavated to the west of the known Iron Age/Roman settlement. Ditches were identified in both trenches. A posthole was also found. Small quantities of Iron Age pottery were found in the ditch fills. These features may relate to farmland which would have supported the settlement. A cremation burial was found in close associaton with the field boundary ditches. Nails dating to the early Roman period were found in the cremation fill.

{2} Iron Age pits were identified in two trial trenches to the north-west of the main area of settlement

<1> Pennell, C, 2019, Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land at Towcester south, Trial Trenches 13-21, Northamptonshire, November 2019 (Report). SNN112785.

<2> Collins, C, 2022, Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land at Towcester South, Northamptonshire, March 2022 (Report). SNN115362.

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