Find Spot record 3327/1/0 - Iron Age and Roman pottery findspots

{1} SP851579. Iron Age (and Roman) sherds found by fieldwalking in February 1966 by Hollowell.

{2} Area of SP850579 (Swing Gates). A little Iron Age pottery including Belgic forms was found in 1966. Also a few worke flints and iron slag, close to a patch of stones. Some of the pottery has combing on the body. (Also Roman pottery at SP852579).

{3} Iron Age and Roman finds (SP 850579 and 852579), SW of the village, on Boulder Clay at 95 m. above OD. A little Iron Age pottery, including some Belgic forms, worked flints and iron slag were found, associated with a patch of stones (SP 850579). A little to the E (SP 852579) Roman pottery has been found.

{5} R Hollowell confirmed the site; the pottery was very fragmentary and difficult to classify but D Jackson (MOW inspector) said it was IA-RB. Site now under stubble; no finds made.

<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 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP85NE11 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<5> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, 08-sep-1970 (Notes). SNN110341.

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