Monument record 2121/0/2 - Possible Romano-British Pottery Kiln

Ditches containing Romano British pottery were found here in gravel pits. Site of possible pottery kiln.

{1} Quarrying in 1962 recovered ditches, pits and a possible kiln. Finds included Romano-British pottery sherds, baked clay and worked flints. Jarvis reported a stone structure which may have been a kiln. Field name: Clifford Hill gravel pit.

{3} Area of SP804603. Clifford Hill Gravel Pit. Ditch containing Samian and grey and buff Roman pottery seen during gravel digging 1962. Worked flints. Some baked clay seen, and Mr C Jarvis reported a stone structure which might have been a kiln.

{4} Roman settlement and (?) kiln (SP 804603) SW of Clifford Hill, on gravel at 52 m above OD. Ditches containing Roman pottery were revealed by gravel-working. Pieces of baked clay and a stone structure possibly a kiln were reported.

{5} SP 802603 Gravel Pits. Ditches revealed in 1964 containing RB pottery.

{6} R Hollowell confirmed the finds, but these have now been lost. Site falls in an active gravel quarry.

<1> Northampton Museum Topographical Index, (unchecked) (Index). SNN1470.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86SW5 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/14/SITE 2 (Journal). SNN106546.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<5> Moore W.R.G., 1968, Roman Settlement in the Upper and Middle Nene Valley, p.62 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN15188.

<6> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, F1 JB 08-SEP-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

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