Monument record 4067/0/3 - Possible Romano-British Building & Ditches

{1} A trial excavation was undertaken in September 1988 by G Cadman; ditches and other amorphous features were revealed either side of a gas pipeline; Roman pottery and tile was recovered including tegula fragments, box flue tile and imbrex fragments; the date range was from C1st century to C4th century AD, although there appeared to be some Iron Age activity too.

{2} Trial excavation. Trench 6 revealed four ditches (the larger two aligned north-west to south-east and the smaller ones running roughly east to west) and two other features. All contained small amounts of Iron Age and Roman pottery and occasional limestone fragments, some burnt. Building and roofing materials were also recovered including tegulae fragments (used in roofs) and box flue tiles (used in hypocasts or walls).

<1> CADMAN G.E., 1988, Supplementary File, (checked) (Full Report). SNN51835.

<2> CADMAN G.E., 1988, Wootton Fields Archaeological Evaluation Report, (checked) (Report). SNN44222.

<3> Dix B., 1992, Recent Work in Northamptonshire Archaeology, p.126 (checked) (Article). SNN104441.

<4> 1989, Britannia (20), 20/292 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN70869.

<5> Cadman, G., 1989, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter, 19/41-2 (unchecked) (Note). SNN69515.

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