Find Spot record 3325/0/0 - Unstratified Iron Age & Romano-British Finds

Iron Age and Roman pottery findspots. Poss Ro coin findspot

{1} Iron Age sherds found at SP858585 by fieldwalking in February 1966.

{2} Area of SP85855845, The Avenue. Iron Age and Roman sherds found (grey ware, calcite gritted and colour coated wares), as well as iron slag and a stone scatter. Found by Hollowell in 1966. These finds may be linked with the Roman coins found in 1719 when The Avenue was being laid out.

{3} SP858584, across and west of The Avenue. Iron Age and Roman pottery, together with iron slag and a scatter of stones were found in 1966. Roman coins found in The Avenue in 1719 may be from this site.

{4} Coins found in 1719 in the avenue leading to Lord Northampton's house.

{5} Possibly linked with coins found in 1719. Fieldname: The Avenue.

{7} Fieldwalking in 1966 by Hollowell identified a stone area with Iron Age and Romano-British pot sherds, including grey ware, calcite gritted ware and colour coated ware, along with iron slag.

{9} R Hollowell confirms the area; he does not know where the sherds are but there were "quite a few". Site under stubble; no finds made during investigation.

<1> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1966, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies (Prehistoric), 1/5 (checked) (Article). SNN19308.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, p.5 (checked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.17 Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<4> Ryland, W, Adkins, D, and Serjeantson, R M, 1902, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.216 (checked) (Series). SNN100368.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP85NE10 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<6> Northampton Museum Records, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<7> Northampton Museum Topographical Index, Site List (unchecked) (Index). SNN1470.

<8> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.341 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77325.

<9> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, 08-sep-1970 (Notes). SNN110341.

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