Find Spot record 4403/0/2 - Roman finds, Scaldwell

Roman pottery and loom weights found at Scaldwell.

{1} Roman quoits and fragments of a Roman masked jug were found at Scaldwell and presented in 1928 by the Lamport Ironstone Co to Northampton Museum.

{2} Northampton Museum hold the fragments of the masked jug classified as 3c/4c Castor ware (depicting a women's head) and six ring loomweights (the 'quoits') of reddish clay. Sited to Scaldwell SP 769725. There has been much ironstone mining in this area and a precise site was not determined.

{3} Other finds from the parish include six circular Saxon loomweights of red clay and fragments of a C3rd or C4th jug with a moulded female face.

<1> Annotated Record Map, Corr 6" (R W Brown 1949) (Map). SNN112961.

<2> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 20-MAR-1969 (Note). SNN111452.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.169 Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP77SE1 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

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Feb 17 2025 6:15PM