Monument record 3373/0/1 - Pit With Bronze Age Finds

Bronze Age pottery and flints suggesting possible burial.

{2} Early-mid Bronze Age flints and 2 sherds found in a shallow rubbish pit in October 1963.

{3} Bronze Age burial (?)(SP 83275890) in the E of the parish on the side of a small valley, on limestone at 88 m. above OD. Sherds thought to be from a Bronze Age incense cup, with a flint knife and a scraper, were found in a dark patch of soil. Site name: Red Mere Hill.

{5} (SP 833589) Early-mid BA flints and 2 sherds found in shallow rubbish pit. R Hollowell Oct 1963.

{6} R Hollowell cannot recall these flints. Indicated site now under pasture.

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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP85NW40 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/4/site 9 (checked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.5/Site 10 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<5> Northampton Museum Records (Uncertain). SNN126.

<6> Colquhoun, FD, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, 23-SEP-70 (Notes). SNN111540.

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May 20 2024 10:04AM