Monument record 3396/0/1 - Iron Age/Romano-British Pits, Ditches & Possible Inhumation

Probable Iron Age and/or Roman settlement identified during the excavation of a pipeline trench in 1966.

{1} Ditches and pits containing Iron Age and early Roman pottery were noted here in 1966 when a pipeline crossed the area, and part of a human skull was recorded.

{2} In 1966 over 20 features were seen during the laying of a gas pipe through Brafield parish, at SP 824584. These were mainly quite small black earth-filled ditches, but one or two may have been post holes. Late Iron Age and early Roman pottery was found. (Nothing on AP's)

{4} Field name: Smith's Close

{5} Mr Hollowell of Cogenhoe said nothing was definite about these ditches or holes; the earth was very 'crumbly', and the pottery was fragmentary and not retained. The pipe line passes 50m to the NW of the site.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.7/Site 22 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP85NW14 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1966, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies (Roman), p.1/14 (checked) (Article). SNN107200.

<4> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/4 site 13 (checked) (Journal). SNN106546.

<5> Seaman, B H, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, 08-sep-1970 (Notes). SNN111541.

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Apr 8 2024 12:33PM