Monument record 2961/0/1 - Unstratified Iron Age, Roman and early Saxon pottery

Romano-British finds including pottery, a glass vessel and a coin recovered from Brixworth. Iron Age and early Saxon pottery also recovered. The land has been previously quarried.

{1} Trial excavation found Belgic, Roman and early Saxon pottery;

{2} The land was restored after quarrying; finds since restored;

{3} 60 x 5ft trench dug in 1972 for Brixworth Archaeological Research Committee over an apparent Romano-British site, showed that all the soil had been restored after quarrying; Late Belgic, Romano-British, and Early Saxon pottery sherds were found. SP743701 (3);

<1> Hall D.N.; Martin P., 1977, N.C.C. Parish File, (checked) (Uncertain). SNN20784.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.29/Site 13 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Brown, AE (Ed), 1973, Northamptonshire Archaeology, 8/5+6 (Journal). SNN14319.

<4> HALL D.N., 1973, Brixworth Survey (22), 3/32 (Note). SNN20609.

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Dec 13 2023 3:42PM