Monument record 1217/0/2 - Late Iron Age/Early Romano-British Roundhouse

Archaeological watching brief undertaken in advance of pipeline excavation identified a late Iron Age/early Roman roundhouse ring gully.

{1} Archaeological watching brief undertaken during topsoil stripping in advance of the excavation of a pipeline. A roundhouse ring gully was identified. It was 10.3m in diameter and most of it was revealed in the trench. It was not identified on the south-west side; possibly destroyed by a medieval furrow. No obvious internal postholes. Pottery from the ditch fill comprised plain sherds typical of the late iron Age-early Roman period.

{2} Positioned within an enclosure which had been previously located from the air. The gully was situated 40m south of Watling Street and it is tempting to see this site as a camp used during the construction of the road.

<1> Jackson, D, 1987, Potterspury, watching brief, pipeline, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49674.

<2> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1980, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979, p. 166 (Article). SNN56490.

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