Find Spot record 2059/0/2 - Unstratified Iron Age and Roman pottery, Little Ecton
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Summary
Fieldwalking survey identified one Iron Age pottery sherd and several Roman sherds. Cropmarks show a Roman settlement consisting of rectangular enclosures with interior features and a possible ditched trackway.
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Type and Period (5)
Full Description
{1}FLDWALKING, 1966;1 IA POT SHERD & SEVERAL RB POT SHERDS;
{2} Roman grey ware found at SP836636 by field walking in the parish of Ecton.
{4} Roman settlement (centred SP 836635) immediately W and NW of South Lodge, on Northampton Sand at 90 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show a series of cropmarks, including a markedly rectangular enclosure with interior features, a possible ditched trackway and part of another large rectangular enclosure, with pits and other ditches. However, the whole area is covered with extensive frost-wedging and absolute certainty about the extent and nature of the site is impossible. A few sherds of Roman pottery as well as a single Iron Age sherd were found in 1966 at the N end of the site (SP 836636).
{5} IA sherd found December 1966. R Hollowell.
{6} R Hollowell confirmed the site and says that the material found was only fragmentary and was not retained.
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86SW16 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.
<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Roman), p.9 (unchecked) (Article). SNN58197.
<3> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/11/SITE 5 (Journal). SNN106546.
<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.49 site 15 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.
<5> Northampton Museum Records, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.
<6> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, 08-SEP-70 (Notes). SNN110341.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SNN443 Index: Ordnance Survey. 1950s/1960s. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. Ordnance Survey. SP86SW16 (unchecked).
- <2> SNN58197 Article: Brown, A.E. (Ed.). 1967. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Roman). Bulletin of Northants Federation of Arch Societies. 2. Mercury Press. p.9 (unchecked).
- <3> SNN106546 Journal: HOLLOWELL R.. 1971. Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley. Bulletin of Northants Federation of Arch Societies. 6. Northants Archaeology Soc. 6/11/SITE 5.
- <4> SNN77380 Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1979. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 2. HMSO. p.49 site 15 (checked).
- <5> SNN126 Uncertain: Northampton Museum Records. (unchecked).
- <6> SNN110341 Notes: Baird, J.. 1970. Field investigators comments. 08-SEP-70.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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Location
Grid reference | SP 836 636 (point) Transfer |
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Civil Parish | ECTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- NRHE HOB UID: 345637
Record last edited
May 30 2024 1:07PM