Find Spot record 1740/0/1 - Unstratified Romano-British Finds

Iron Age type ditches and pits were located whilst a trench was being cut for a gas pipeline in 1967. Romano British pottery and limestone were also recovered. Cropmarks resembling a rectangular building have been recorded, although they may be agricultural markings.

{1} Roman pot sherds and limestone rubble were found in a pipeline trench at SP976721.

{2} Roman pottery and limestone rubble were exposed during the cutting of a pipeline trench at SP976721.

{3} Mr Rollings, No.51 Little Street, Rushden stated that he had seen ditches and pits of IA type in the trench being cut for a gas pipeline at SP 97557205 during Sept 1967. Nothing of archaeological significance seen at the site at the time of investigation.

<1> HALL D.N.; HUTCHINGS J.B., 1972, The Distribution of Archaeological Sites Between The Nene and The Ouse Valleys, p.15 Site 7 (checked) (Article). SNN35780.

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

<3> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, 3-DEC-69 (Note). SNN111452.

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