Find Spot record 1301/0/1 - Unstratified Medieval Pottery

Late Medieval sherds found in 1878, although current whereabouts not known.

{1} Finds made in 1878 during building work at SP99987229 on the south side of Newton Road. Probably late medieval and not samian as originally identified. TL001723 is an incorrect location on OS 6" MAP.

{2} Finds on 1878. Medieval pot sherds incorrectly identified as Samian; also incorrectly located.

{4} A quantity of Samian pottery was found in 1878 during digging for the foundations of buildings on the S side of Newton Road (at SP 9998 7229).

(This find is incorrectly published at TL 0015 7227; the true site is shown by Rev O N B and trace).

Some of this pottery was in the possession of Mr Smith in 1924.

{5} He states that it has a greenish-yellow glaze, and it is probably late Md. (not Samian). The find-spot was SP 9998 7229, where there once stood an Elizabethan house.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP97SE22 (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.79/Site 12 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> 1958, OS 6 INCH MAP, TL07SW (Map). SNN48655.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Object Name Book reference, Rev ONB 1924 (Archive). SNN113537.

<5> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, 28-NOV-69 (Note). SNN111452.

<6> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, G Ernest Smith Raunds (Oral Report). SNN111577.

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Jun 11 2024 2:42PM