Monument record 3278 - Roman settlement, east of Easton Maudit

Evidence of Roman settlement surrounding Easton Maudit villa has been identified during geophysical survey. The features comprise a series of enclosures or field boundaries, which are likely to be contemporary. Other features, including curvilinear and subrectangular enclosures and probable round houses, are likely to be of a different date.

{1} Geophysical survey has identified an extensive complex of anomalies in the area of Easton Maudit Roman Villa. Anomalies in the south-east of the field are likely to be the villa itself (the footings measure 87m by 40m), but it is obscured by high magnetic readings likely caused by former excavation/backfilling. Surrounding the villa are multiple, regular rectilinear enclosures or fields that are likely to be contemporary. The enclosures have a formal, planned appearance. However, there are a number of other curvilinear and subrectangular enclosures that are on differing alignments and likely to be of a different, probably earlier, date. A number of ring ditches are probably round houses and may be precursors of the villa.

<1> Brunning, E, 2024, Green Hill Solar Project, Site F, Northamptonshire: Geophysical Survey- interim report (Report). SNN116668.

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