Monument record 3643 - Probable Iron Age & Romano-British Settlement, north-west of Orlingbury Road

Cropmarks show rectangular and irregular ditched enclosures with internal features including hut circles and pits and a pit alignment. Iron Age and Roman pottery finds indicate a settlement of these dates. Worked flint was also found.

{1} Cropmarks. A series of rectangular enclosures with internal features including the ring ditches of probable hut circles. Two pit alignments cut across the site. The enclosures extend into the north-west corner of the field to the south of the main group. NCCAP:8673/001-16+25+26+29.

{2} Extensive cropmarks recorded by R.Hollowell showing hut rings and rectangular enclosures.

{3} Indistinct cropmarks suggesting a group of oval and rectangular enclosures.

{4} Iron Age and Roman settlement and pit alignments (SP 867737) in the W of the parish, on limestone at 90m above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show a series of rectangular and irregular ditched enclosures with various interior featres, including some apparent hut-circles and pits. Two pit alignments cut obliquely across the site. Several sherds of Roman pottery were found on the edge of the site in 1966. Later field-work produced a wide scatter of Roman pottery and a small area with allegedly hand-made Iron Age pottery on it. Some worked flints were also discovered.

{7} A rectangular enclosure was photographed from the air at SP 867737, by R Hollowell. Several Romano-Brtish coarse ware sherds were found along a lynchet at SP 867737.

{8} Mr J.R Fox confirmed the site and stated that the finds, which he retains, were made from 1967 onwards. He also has IA potsherds from this site which is now under crop; no surface remains were seen. Print of Hollowell's photograph attached. It confirms the siting in 1.

<1> FOARD G.R., 1980, Oral Report to SMR, (checked) (Oral Report). SNN51129.

<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Prehistoric), 4/4 (checked) (Article). SNN28659.

<3> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, p.14 (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.99/Site 1 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP87SE22 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<6> Foard G.; Richardson D., 1983, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1982 (Aerial Photography), p.182 Cranford (checked) (Notes). SNN100412.

<7> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Aerial Photography), Page 12, 32 (Article). SNN105839.

<8> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, 03-DEC-1969 (Note). SNN111452.

<9> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, CUAP YX 86-9 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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