Monument record 2409/0/10 - Roman road

{1}Series of streets & properties excavated

{4}Streets & properties located

{5} Ashton has a very extensive and complex network of roads and track ways similar in overall layout to those at Irchester and Titchmarsh. The primary route appears to be a straight axial road towards a probable river crossing of the Nene that joins the main Durobrivae to Titchmarsh road along the southern side of the Nene near Warmington (2409/0/10). Excavations along its course suggest that it was formally defined by ditched enclosure boundaries in the mid-first century AD and became a focal point for all subsequent settlement in this part of the town.

Where and indeed if the main crossed the river is still not known but projecting its line would suggest a crossing immediately to the south west of the current Ashton Road around TL047886. Tha absence of any significant archaeological intervention along the flood plain to date also means there is as yet no evidence for possible riverine communication or transport facilities.

<1> DIX B., 1988, SMR REPORT FORM, (unchecked) (Note). SNN49557.

<2> DIX B., 1985, OUNDLE BY-PASS, (unchecked) (Discussion). SNN59042.

<3> DIX B., 1983, Ashton Roman Town, (unchecked) (Leaflet). SNN59015.

<4> DIX B., Ashton Roman Town, (checked) (Note). SNN44372.

<5> Taylor J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Ashton (Roman), Section 3.1 Communications (checked) (Digital archive). SNN103116.

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Sep 1 2008 4:11PM